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Show Sun Chronicle-Eagl- e Review-Clearfie- Courier ld February 16-1- 7, 1972 W SC schedules The Wildcats have a 3 loop record andare with four conference games Weber State and Montana, of the Big Sky conference play important tiebreaking games this week as the league race heads for the remaining andanon-ieagueaf-fa- ir with Itah State. Weber has Montana State finish line. tie-breaki- ng at home in Ogden Thursday while Montana plays at Northern Arizona. Then on Saturday, the Grizzlies and Wildcats collide in the Weber State Gym. Coach Mike Butler wins early championship Butler of the Utah native Stars, the of Memphis, Tenn . already has had a most eventual career even though he is just 24 years After all. he won a of age. national championship at age ity which a coach in any Mike a 13 "It didnt receive national television coverage, grinned the likeable Butler, but Iwon the national marble champion1 finished fifth ship in 1959 in the nation in 1957 when I was only 11. 1 still can remember the finals which were held indoors in a gymnasium in We Minn St. Paul, actually performed in a big 14 foot square box that was filled with clay and dirt. I really got a kick out of it. Perhaps it was this experience which triggered a full blown athletic career for the Butler. In high school the well knit Tennessean lettered in basketball, baseball, football, track and golf. . .an athletic schedule which no doubt provided the impetus toward an eventful professional career. Mike chose basketball over football and baseball because the sport offered more to him I feel basketball personally. contains more of the things I like, theorized Mike. It has the ingredients of strength, Its a agility and finesse. team sport, yet there is a great deal of individual play I even like to to it, too. practice - and you have to love the game if really you like to practice in a professional basketball. Butler has one unique qual 6-- ?, bow, brown, lake trout, brook trout and albino rainbow trout in an effort to increase hatchings and luture plantings for Utah waters. er seasons for that club before coming to Utah in a trade with Red Robbins for Craig Raymond and Bobby Warren. He is an adept ball handler and can change his direction with an amazingly quick k dribble that sometimes leaves defenders talking to themselves. He really turns on the Stars fans when he moves up the court with his legs churning in a sprinters stride, stops just outside the ABA homerun circle and casts off a three-pointwhich swished through the net. Mike averaged only about 20 minutes per game for the Stars last year, but still posted a scoring average in the double figures. His finest moments came against Kentucky on May 18 in the ABA championship game when he entered the game with four minutes remaining and . scored seven points in the crucial contests final hectic moments. multi-talent- STRIPPING the female fish for eggs at the Mantua Fish Hatchery is Arnold Bangerter, a Division of Wildlife Resources officer. Recently eggs were taken from rain sport looking for. Hes He was a great winner. star in high school, he was the heart of the Memphis State cage club in college. In pro ball Mike has had to battle lus lack of stature. He is small as pro players go, but he makes up for the lack in size with quickness, speed and good shooting ability. ButThe ler, who wears mod clothes and has a haircut to match, veteran of the is a three-yea- r AB. He was signed originally by the New Orleans Buccanneers and played two is always good-lookin- g behind-the-bac- game Gene the tallest teams in the tion and will be seeking to team has the best of the schedule. The Cats have two road games left with Gonzaga and Idaho after this weekends twin home contests. Montana must play four remaining league games all on the road. To win its fifth consecutive Big Sky crown, Weber State must win three of its last four games, Montana must lose two of four and Gonzaga (5-and Montana State (6-must lose one more league game. The Grizzlies won their last three road games, however, including two wins at and defenses are tough and effective. If Weber and Montana both win on Thursday, the Saturday night showdown in Wildcat Gym should be a doozy Webers Cob Davis, although held below his season set the league leading Wildcats. Last Friday, Weber beat 9 in Bozeman the Bobcats with a superb defense. The Wildcats limited sophomore center, Brent Wilson to only six points and two rebounds, far below his season marks. Three tall forwards, 8 Scott Koelzer and Mark BeckA1 Williams 7 with, and share playing time and are averages 1 Tom Kastehtz, 3 Roger Frank Cikan, Taueg, or could rise to the occasion. The taller Bobcats outre bounded Weber in Bozeman and the Wildcats must do better on the boards this Thursday to contain the bigger Bobcats. Montana State last beat Weber in Ogden in 1966-6- 7 by a That was one score of of three home losses for Weber that year. O l Saturday, Weber must find a way to stop super-quic- k guard Mike Murray and 8 post man Ray Howard. The two hit 19 and 15 points respectively last Saturday night. The improved play of 5 Willie Bascus was also a pro0 blem for Weber in the loss. Bascus scored 14 points including the twopressure free throws which won the game after time had elapsed. Montana and Weber play 5-- -- New coach Jud Heathcoate has Montana playing good pressure defense and a disciplined offense. Both the Wildcats and may be looking past their Thursday foes to play a rematch in Ogden Saturday. Weber lost to Montana last Saturday in Missoula on a disputed foul ruled before the final buzzer and on two foul pitches after time had run out with the score tied Weber must first think about the Bobcats Thursday. Montana State tis still in the race but has four road games. The Bozeman bunch is one of 79-6- 7. ps 6-- 6-- 60-6- 0. over continues good players. The Bobcats are not as strong at guard, but 4) Idaho and Gonzaga. up- 62-4- Visschers 4) Size and very much alike. style of play is very similar na- 62-6- the week-en- c to lead the Cats in scoring with 22 3 points per game and in rebounding with 11.3 per contest. Davis almost became the hero of the Saturday night tussle with Montana when he hit a pressure jump shot from twehe feet on the baseline with twelve seconds left to give Weber a one point lead. Davis shot well against the Grizzlies and scored 20 points, Wildcats "Mr. Tough Jonnie Knoble has one of Ks finest road games against Montana with 16 points and eleven rebounds. Montana coach Heathcoate says knoble is the toughest player in the league. Knoble is averaging 12.7 points and 7.5 rebounds in his senior year and should have a good two game series at home this week. Riley Wimberly, a 5 sixth man who came off the bench twice last weekend with good may get a performances, starting call this week. His overall play might move him ahead of Richard Cooper at forward for the Bobcat and Grizzly invasion. the Guy 6-- er -- Childrens fashions make the scene are not suitable for visitors, AIR FORCE trainee, Richard Savage participated in the recent operations at the Mantua Fish Hatchery. Facilities at this time sat tine mew how- ever they hope to make some changes that will allow visitors. Opening in Lakeside Square Friday Feb. 18 Recreation vehicle registration due, long lines anticipated The second phase of the registration requirements under Utah's Recreation Vehicle Act is now in effect according to Tedd Tuttle, boating and recreation vehicle chief for the I'tah Division of Parks and Recreation. motorbikes, all and terrain vehicles, highway use must now be reg- istered as recreation vehicles before they can be used legally on any public land as defined in the act. 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