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Show Daily Herald TUESDAY,FEB.2, 1068 Utes-Cougars Eye | Watts Rematch in Provo Cookin’ bi a lot a steal and another basket turned what ap- peared to be a sure BYU vic: y into a sour defeat for the game Take the Cougar aa stance, as dedicated BY JOE WATTS Court Hassles Create Off-Court Debates ugars, It ali happened in the t 16 seconds of the game in In a storydetailed on today’s sports page University of Utah Coach Jack Gardner called for WAC to“lay down the lawto players who consistently rile fans with unsportsmanlike conduct. pattern dropped tha’ with BYU's t contests in The story says he was referring to New MexRedskins earlier series, it will be decided by ico's Greg (Stretch) Howard. That win put the U'es thick of the race and Toe BYU-Utah basketball two points or less. The recent In last Saturday's game between Utah and the Cougars in amongst the game Saturday afternoon in game in Salt Lake City ended New Mexico Ute center Jeff Ockel was ejected from also-rans, Provo will be telecast live with a two-point margin (89-91), the game for decking Howard, but Gardner inferred and last year's games, which Besides the desire to beat a ove regiocal Retwerk of that it was Howard's fault—not Ockel’s, were bota won by BYU, were long-time rival M stations. Tipoff will be at as There is no question—Howard’s hist close (64-62 and 61-60). The Cats want to improve on their 2°45 p.m. last game of the '66 season good. He deliberately decked Jim Eakins WACstanding, With only three The first meeting between the ended querque with a blow that could very well have 94-93, BYU. games remaining, all ¢ ©7 two schocis on Feb. 10 in Salt Saturday's game will be the broken Jim’s jaw. We spent a whole column on league contests. i" ey Lake City provided the Utes | t home appearance for three that matter at that time—calling for discipline of chance to finish hig’ _. With one of the most dramatic iors: Jim Eakins, Randy Howard, but nothing cameof it third place, where they are finishes in the series’ history, jouten and Orville Fishej Tm an Arizona game he was ejected again for oe a presently tied with Wyoming “rough play” that resulted in a chipped tooth and Utah, meanwhile, is just as slight concussion to one of his opponents. Wecalled Now that hungry for a win. an Arizona news reporter for facts about that inthey are running neck-and-neck cident at the time. He said “it defintely wasn’t intentional, it was just rough basketball.” Against BYU here in Provo Greg Howard was suspected of foul play by the home fans when they saw Marty Lythgoe sprawled out on the ficor the ref whistling a foul on Howard. Howev fans were booing something they didn't see—just OGDEN (UPI)—Weber State Weber State (81) something they suspected. (A too common mistake GFT Tournament [College widened its Big Sky Thigpen 5 46 14 by booing fans.) Conference lead to two games Reid 0 22 2 A close review ofthe films show that Howard The Brigham Young Univer-| with a 81-60 victory over Gon- Sparks 8 25 18] was not rough in the slightest on the play. It was sity Stakes LIDS sponsored Bas- |zaga Monday night, Bellamy 1 00 2) purely accidental. BYU fans definitely accused ketball Tournament swung into} Nolan Archibald scored 24 VreNon 5 0-1 10 him wrongly on that incident. Action Monday night on the | points on 11 field goals and Archibald 10 3-723 Talking to the referees after the game they BYU Campus with eight winning |two free throws and dominated Bergh 3137 explained that there was nothing intentional or teams moving into the cham-|the boards in pacing the Wild- Chatmon 0 00 0 pionship Bracket, and the eight /cats to an easy victory before Nielsen 0 isl even dirty about the foul, but that it happened on beni dropping into consola- about 2,400 fans in the Weber Strong 1224 a rcbound attempt in which there is always a little ion play. | gym. Bryant 0 00 0 contact. Most of the games were close Marty Lythgoe verifies this fact. Totals 83 15-29 81 The victory, coupled with Ida. and hard fought and indications | So don’t chalk that one up against Howard. (60) GF are that a top team will emerge jho's loss to Idaho State, gave Gonzaga 43511 In my opinion, after closely watching the film, as @ qualifying team for the All Weber a commanding lead in Rocha Walter 2226 a jthe conference, Their record and after talking to the referees and Lythgoe, Church Tournarnent to bz held now is 92 while the Vandals |Dougharty 2 00 4 Howard did absolutely nothing wrong in that in Salt Lake City next month. MeNair 6 5-i117 incident. Games will continue to- have slipped to 7-4. laser 1 02 The fans were booing him on his reputation, night, then skip Wednesday and 5 2212 not for continue Tournament ac tion tus Thigpen with 14 followed McGinley what they saw. 1 00 2 Thursday and Friday, Cham- Archiba'd in Weber's scoring Berger As for the Utah situation maybe Jack Gardner Wall 1002 pionship games in both winners column. 0 111 is guilty of the same mistake Coach Bob King made and losers bracket will be held Three Bulldogs scored in dou- Blye in New Mexico. After the game in which Eakins Fore 1h 3 next Monday, ble figures, led by Joe McNair Carling 0 00 0 was decked by Howard, Coach King made the Monday’s Results with 17, Paz Rocha had 11 and Totals 23 14-22 60 statement to the press, “It’s always the guy who 2nd Ward, 70, 23rd Ward 57 Mike McGinley had 12, ee Weber 40, Gonzaga swings second who gets caught.” 2%6th Ward 83, 36th Ward 47 Weber State is now idle until This was pure folly. 85th Ward 67, 2ist Ward 63 Saturday night when they play Total fouls: Gonzaga 28, We2th Ward 80, 50th Ward 62 Eakins had certainly done nothing to warrant host to Idaho State College in| ber 15 ‘27th Ward 68, 18th Ward 53 a deliberate, possibly destructive, blow to the head, their final home conference | Fouled out: None. Sth Ward 56, 97th Ward 4 |pame of year, There had been some incidental contact, but noihA—2,432 . 30th Ward 78, 34th Ward 60 ing that Howard is more than used to. 5ist Ward 56, 70th Ward 56 Coach King’s mistake was in justifying the act rather than in disciplining his own boy. they've set on this ren hat such an ‘Cats Widen BYUStakes | Begin Hoop CRAIG DRURY, Provo sophomore, has been name Prep Player of the Week for his con sistent play throughout the season, He is the second leading scorer in the league and has paced the Bulldogs to a berth in the state tournament, Last week Provo racked up 109 pouring though 25, (The award does not necessarily single out the outparticular week, but is intended only to single out a deserving player In the eleven games to date |by lig senior teammates is a sopho- |he has never really been stop-|tribute to him, to his coach and school but the |ped. He started the season with to the teammates who help him E &F 5 FB fae E i HI £raye gE He 1 : i aae g Fs® : Craig Drury Is Named Prep Player of Week © Z iaBa ihe i & top mark against cess, Soom Fork when he tallied Craig is an all around athlete. 2% points in a 77-63 lcsing cause |He came i againstlowhehard iting season Dons ieague. baseballi had ype|had tri eh es nia eras Feces Cab with all-star teams. He play- :# i u Hu Ee izz Fl in the Region |22 points against Carbon and |so materially in his scoring suc- Carbon Dinos wasjed as an outfielder and lie to 10 points bu thathe was baseman, with some ‘workon Dan Sparks with 18 and Jus-|2 Gardner wT opie aeeet yl pod aly for the Bull- the mound in Pony League, ratas their 52-49 win hit bot-|ing trips to Vernal and Price Ward (Gym 188) F D e tom on the scoring scale for the for playoffs, ® |e Now Utah Coach Jack Gardner is saying the | Last fall he played quite con- 6:00 p.m.—S6th Ward vs. 7ist sarne thing in defense of Ockel. Maybe, in this Ward (Gym 144) or iSC week | sistently at offensive guard and 6:00 p.m.—43rd Ward vs. 30th instance, Howard did provoke Ockel with some from the field tackle on Coach Dick Hill's Ward (Gym 156) SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — “ y down the law to play- “roughness.” I’m not saying Gardner isn’t right. for three from the lis I 7:15 p.m.—2ist Ward vs. 37th University of Utah basketball ers” who persistently rile fans He probably is. Ward (Gym 146) coach Jack Gardner said Mon- with unsportsmanlike conduct. But let’s remember—Ockelis nolilly-white in 7:18 pm— Srd Ward vs. 27th |day he would like to see the ¢ ‘ion President in Junon a this matter—as Gardner infers. Ockel is about as Ward (Gym Athletic Conference Gardner, 1. School, and current- 7:16 p.m.— 4th Ward vs.156)Sist |Western rough a player as there is in the league. ti by WAC Commissi | as Secretary in the Furthermore,all you have to do is count up the er Dr. Paul Brechler that callWard (Gym 188) h School's Boys Or- 7:15 p.m.—34th ed for decisive action against numberof fights Ockel has been involved in during Ward vs. 18th | ation unruly fans, said the crowds the years. Ward (Gym 144) is the son of Vaughn with the Lobos (both are 5-2 in should not be blamed when a It’s time for coaches to start disciplining Drury, 1930 N. 360 WAC play), they can’t afford player’s conduct causes the fans their own players, and doing it effectively, to react. to lose any one of the three rather than teaching themit’s all right to deck His early years were spent in The Utah coach made no sea man if you feel you are getting roughed up Young Drury has been shoot-|Preston, Ida., but the family cret of the fact he thinks Greg jing about 77 per cent from the | moved to Provo wherehe starta bit. Howard of the New Mexico Loline and 46 per cent from the |ed schoolin the First Grade. coach is the finest in the coun- | CANTON, Ohio (UPI)—Ma- bos is that kind of player, Coachesare getting to be experts ai disciplining Ifield. His complete acceptance! He has high praise for his try. |rion Motley and Cliff Battles, Howard was decked by a the other coach’s players. It’s about time they anon” | two of the best running backs in punch thrown by Utah’s Jeff started using a little discipline on the boys they pro football history, were Ockel in last Saturday’s Utah- are in charge of. {J among seven players named New Mexico gamein Salt Lake As for King’s statement that he should have today to the National Profes- City. Ockel was thrown out of taken his boys off the Utah floor for “their safety” sional Football Hall of Fame. the game. Howard was allowed because of the unruly Utah crowd—well how’s that Also named to the shrine and fo stay in the contest. scheduled to be inducted next Gardner said he regrets the for the pot calling the kettle black. If visiting teams that have played in summer were Elroy “Crazy incident but added, “As far us Albuquerque foi the past several years were to Legs” Hirsch, a star broken I am concerned I know where have had that attitude they might not have field runner and pass catcher; Le blame for Ockel’s ejection 3.” finished a home game yet down there. Charlie Trippi, an outstandin; quarterback; center-linebacker Howard has been involved in Alex Wojciechowiez; defense at least four other disputes this tackle Art Donovan and end |year including Saturday’s with Wayne Millmer. |Ockel. The others were againt The problem is a simple over-emphasis on Motley, a 6-foot-1 238-pound BYU's Jim Eakins at Albuquerwinning and complete disregard for objectives fullback, was the most feared que and another BYU player, that make athletics a legitimate part of college runner of the Cleveland Browns Marty Lythgoe, at Provo the education. from their formation as an All ol before the incident with If winning is the only objective of college America Conference team in e 1946 through 1953 when the __In theotherincident, Howard athletics—then there is no justification for the Browns were members of the hit Arizona forward Dick Root taxpayer's to be subsidizing it on the grounds that National Football League. He on the jaw in a game at it’s educational. Tf that’s the only objective—turn it over to gained 4712 yards and scored 39 Tucson. It was thought for a touchdowns during a career that while Root had a broken jaw. the pros. won him comparison with such Ockel has been ejected from | other great fullbacks as Bronko|one other game this year be| Nagurski, Ernie Nevers and|cause of contact with another | Norman Standlee. player, That occurred in a Battles, a 6-foot-I% inch, 195- | game with Utah State at Logan By United Press International pound halfback, gained 3,542/earlier in the season. LONDON (UPI)—Ken Buchlyards in six seasons with the| In a statement earlier Monanan, 135, Scotland, knocked out Boston Braves, Boston Redskins |day Brechler said WAC teams Maurice Cullen, 131%, England and Washington Redskins dur-|may be forced to forfeit games| lightweighttitle). jing the 1930s. A single wing|if unruly fans get out of hand| SPOKANE, Wash. (UPI) — (11) (British EES halfback, he was regarded as jin the future, one of the mostelusive runners} Commenting on the Utah-New Laurie Niemi, 42, Assistant) PHILADELPHIA (UPI) — in NFL history. Mexico game the commissioner football coach at Washingten| Gypsy Joe Harris, 155, :hiladelHirsch played for the Chicago|said, “We cannot allow this to State University, died in Spo-|phia, outpointed Dick Di VeroniRockets and Los Angeles Rams|happen again. We’ve got tu do kane Mondaynight after he un-|C4 155, Conestoga, N.Y. (10). between 1946 and 1957; Trippi|something drastic. If we have derwent surgery in Sacred| 7 was a star for the Chicago|to forfeit the games, we'll do Heart Hospital. Cardinals from 197 through jit.” | Niemi had been a member of 1955; Wojciechowicz was one of| Gardner said he thinks Utah the NFL's outstanding linemen |crowds are more orderly than the WSU football staff for a to- LONDON (UPI) — Unbeaten for the Detrojt Lions andjcrowds at Albuquerque, N.M. tal of seven years, separated Ken Buchanan of Edinburgh by a three year term as as- knocked out Maurice Cullen of Taylor's, through Arrow, is sponsoring the weekly “Prep Player of the Week” conPhiladelphia Eagles from 1946/and Laramie, Wyo. through 1950; the 270-pound| The Utah mentor added, “It’s sistant coach with the Philadel- England in the 11th round test. The winner each week will have a plaque engraved with his name and placed Donovan starred for the Balti-|time somebody stopped Howard phia Eagles professional foot- Monday night to capture the y aylor’s men’s shop. Our congratulations to all the “Prep Player of British lightweight champlonmore Colts, New York Yanks|and players like him ftom car- ball team. and Dallas Texans from 1951|rying on the way they do. Ockel| He had beenill off and on for ship and run his victory streak the Week" plaque winners, each may pick up his plaque at Taylor's Men’s Shop through 1961 and Millner was al was just defending himse‘f. 1) the Jast year and was brought to 23. Buchanan, 22, floored at the end of the season. star offensive end for the don’t see how the official could to Sacred Heart Hospital early Cullen four times before finishMonday for the operation, |ing him off, sfsk ae nomen 258"& Big Sky Lead Pot Calls Kettle Black SevenPlayers Named to NFL teammates and thinks ., Hall of Fame ... presents arrow’s “prep player of the week” award Get Back to Objectives =ARROWCRAIG DRURY WSU Assistant Coach Dies Fight Results After Surgery PROVO BULLDOGS British Champ |Redskins between 1967 and 1045, miss the actions of Howard.” | |
