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Show s. 4 iry The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, April ( (; rii W kiieifcetiN 1. 1978 B Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Tank McNamara World of Sports: Round 3 in NBA Tribune Wire Services ' it was You cant stop what happened instantaneous, simultaneous, " said Mitch Kuphak of the Washington Bullets, who squared off against Lonnie Shelton of the New York Knkks Thursday night in the Latest outbreak of violence to mar the National Basketball Assn season "Its unfortunate that it happened," said Kupehak But you can start at the top take countries, or governments or neighbors It happens there, so it's also going to happen In sports where it is your livelihood We were both at fault, Kupehak said Who is at fault will be determined hy NBA Commissioner Larry O'Brien, who is empowered to lev y susjiensions and fines of up to $10,000 against those who participate m fights during NBA games Neither player was hurt in Thursday's outburst Double technical fouls were assessesd 'each player and both players were ejected The players shook hands after the game ' Both players claimed they were just frustrated at the progress of the game and after an elbow here and an elbow there, iliey figured it was time for fists I cant I have a bad punch," Kupehak said hand " But he did concede that he pushed some-,t)unShelton away with a straight-arm- , the Kmck ace apparently construed as a punch ; ' g Flu and leg cramps forced Billie Jean King Friday to withdraw from the $150,000 Womens Tennis Championship being played at the Oakland Coliseum Arena The WTC event is the only championship in the triple crown that King hasnt won Baseball attendance, fairly consistent through the first half of the 20th Centu y, has enjoyed an enormous increase snu e the two major leagues began their program of expansion in 1901 In a report released this week in New York, showing 10 new teams added in the last 17 years, attendance has risen to record heights, totaling 38,7!ri,781 in the two leagues last year. There has been no definitive study of the reasons for the rise and fall in attendance figures, although baseball believes that close, competitive pennant races are one important factor. Thats why nothing would please the moguls more than four division battles that stretch into the final days of the 1978 season that gets started Wednesday night Bobby Paschal was named head basketball coach at the University of Southwest- ern Louisiana Friday to succeed Jim Katfield, who is expected to become head mail at Mississippi State on Satuiday. an assistant under Paschal, 36, has Hatfield at USC since 1974 Ix-e- fill MAHER OF ftC Qo&wofowwmx r cow vwe&rttiP? ICbMTflj ascot HE Nell Bennett of Hurytown, Ala , earned hi i third pole position on the season's Grand National stock car circuit Friday when he captured the No 1 spot for Sundays Southeastern 500 at Bristol Inter- national Speedway. d Li'tle Chop Chop Tomahawk, Forever Casting and Louisiana Derby winner Esops Foibles head the field for the $10),Ooo-addeArkansas Derby Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, i highly-regarde- Ark horses go to the post in the event for the total purse will be $140,450, but officials said they figure only 10 to 11 to run. Monty Moore, for the past 16 years the voice of the Oakland As (and before that the voice of the As in Kansas City), said Friday he is through as an employee of Charlie O. Finley and soon will begin actively operating two radio stations 15 lVi-mil- e wont he coming back with the As," Moore said, even while Finley was try mg to line up a Bay Area station to handle broadcasts of Oakland games The Thoroughbred Breeders of Kentucky Friday withdrew its request to the Jockey Club for a strictly controlled program of artificial insemination to combat the spread of an equine venereal disease to y i 2 Spurs Fever Sweeps San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas fUPI) Spurs fever, also known as Taco Power, began when the team took control of the NBA Central Division last December and reached a pitch Friday with fans revelling in the citys first major sports success The San Antonio Spurs clinched the Central Division championship Thursday night with a come victory over the Cavaliers in Cleveland The game was televised in San Antonio The Spurs came to San Antonio in 1973 as an American Basketball Assoc franchise after posting a 8 dismal record as the Dallas Chaparrals the season before In Dallas, the team had little fan enthusiasm and low ticket sales But in San Antonio, the team was the only show in town as far as major sports go and received wild 99-9- 5 from-belun- I RATING1 31 d If all A 26-5- d support from the beginning, its arena quickly becoming known as the loudest in pro basketball even as the ABA dwindled to seven teams. When four former ABA teams entered the NBA two seasons ago, the enthusiasj for the Spurs increased Thursday nights victory, led by the NBAs leading scorer George Gervin, iced the division title record and gave the team a for the Spurs w ith a bye for the first round of the NBA playoffs One San Antonio newspaper reacted with two front page stones and a special souvenier edition. Spurs fans also heard more good news Friday when the team announced Sundays home game against the Philadelphia 70ers, winners of the Atlantic Division, would be televised locally. CBS is carrying the game and general manager John Begzos said it would not be blacked out locally because there 48-2- 8 ic a call-s- n it Reds Net Win Over Sox 5-- 3 Tribune Wire Servu es Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan, who had only .five hits between them 'ill spring, rapped out Jhree apiece Friday, Heading the Cincinnati 'Reds to a 3 exhibition baseball victory over the 5-- ICli ' Bench had d single, .double and homer and JJrove in three runs while 'Morgan added three Singles and an RBI C Elsewhere, Carlton Fisks leadoff home run in the eighth inning snapped a tie and the Boston Red Sox went on to heat the Montreal Expos 3 .and the Oakland As erupted for six runs in the fourth inning, including Gary Thomasson8 iwo-ru- n triple, and defeated the Seattle Manners Giants Win Larry Herndon and Terry Whitfield each collected two singles and a triple while Mike Ivie had two singles and a double, as the San Fran-sc- o Giants edged the llwaukee Brewers and Gary Mathews RI single in the third inning gave the Atlanta Braves a victory over their Richmond farm club of 6-- 9-- 8-- 1 the International League. Afterward, pitcher Craig winning Skok was ope of four players sent the minors. The others Were pitcher CaCorte, Relioir State at 5th South SLC, Utah Rob 521-611- and catcher Bruce Benedict I The White sox trimmed pitcher Bart Johnson and outfielders Royle Stillman and Bob Coluccio while the New York Mets bluced outfielder Elliott Maddox on the disabled list Jerry Morales knocked m two runs, while Keith Hernandez drove in one and scored another after doubling as the St Louis Cardinals heat the Detroit Tigers Brook Stars The Cardinals, who lifted their spring record to got consecutive singles in the opening inning from Lou Brink, Garry Templeton and Hernandez to score their first run off Jack Morris Then, with one out, Morales grounded out to send home the second 3--1 ran Designated hitter Rick- ie Zisk, one of the Texas Rangers high price free agents, slammed a home run in the seventh inning to give the Rangers a victory over the Houston, Asti os Houston had overcome a 0 Texas lead to tie the game in the top of the 5-- seventh before Zisk greeted the third Astro pitcher, Gene Pcntz, w ith line shot over the sign in left field of the Louisiana State University stadium Earlier, Zisk had singled in a run and scored himself in a three-ru- n in the second innuig which helped stake starter Jon Matlaek to a 0 lead. 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