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Show y1 rr ,t y . ,ty-- y -- yyTyif y y-y- -- TT r ro .. r T r r v TyyT'rr -- yvfrryTi'T rr mrrT TrrrrT ryryyyr ' yrrrrr nr-- '-. Holmes Knocks Off Cobb to Keep Title HOUSTON (AP) Larry Holmes dominated Randy Tex" Cobb Friday niht, but he couldnt knock out his opponent. And he was glad. 'Tin glad he didnt go out in those lute rounds because if you take a beating like Cobb did, you can really get hurt by a late round KO, Holmes said after defending his World Boxing Council heavyweight championship with a unanimous decision. Holmes was in complete control from the outset, peppering the challenger with jabs and overhand rights and busting up his face. Halt 15 rounds and he had, said the unbeaten Holmes, who truned 33 on Nov 3 "I think Im one of the greatest champions ev er, and Tex can put it in his history book that he went 15 rounds with me. It was Holmes 13th title defense and only the second he hasn't wen by knockout trained for "1 took all started outside for the future, lo e boxing 1 tine possibility is that Holmes might next fight Lucien Rodrigue of France, then box an exhibition at a newly purchased hotel near his hometown of Fusion. Pa., where he would announce his retirement But Holmes said he wold fight How many more defenses Holmes will make is a metter of speculation. After th fight, Holmes said he would not retire Right now. mv future fa ke is of boxing, preparing he said. Put 1 still other opponents if the money war right And the right price for fighting a rematch with tlerrv Connev was $25 nullion, he said Cobb was late getting to a getting xistfighl news conference But before lie left the ring, with blood running down his " nose, he said Let's party. Yeah Holmes just had too much expert dice for the game Cobb, who kept moving forward throughout But the challenger lacked tile hand and foot speed to cope w ith Holmes Judge Charles Mmker of Las Yogas, Nev and Spider Bynum ot Dallas each scored it 15(1 135 for Holmes Jndge Chuck Hassett saw it for the champion AP for The scored it Holmes tloor Before the fight. Holmes had said. "Mv biggest challenge is w hen get in the ring Friday night I'm unbeaten want to stay that wav Holme' did, making Ins record Cobb Held went down hut he Mild red a cut lip, a cut on the bridge of Ills nose and was maiked about both eves w ith Ills let t eve 11 might fool around and learn old Cobh how to fight. the had ,oked The Texas native, who lives ill Ruiinelliede, N J certainly learned a lot about Ixixmg Fndnv Assistant Sports Editor University of Utah Coach Jerry Pimm really has a problem. After his team opened the 1982-8season with a stunning 2 overtime upset of powerful Oregon State, theres only one way to go Now' 3 68-6- down. But thats probably all right with Pimm. Friday nights victory, achieved before 12,983 fans at the Special Events Center, had to be one of the most thrilling, and satisfying, the Utah head coach has enjoyed in a long time. First, there was the opponent, Oregon State. The Beavers, ranked anywhere from seventh in 15th in preseason polls, are the defending Pacific 10 Conference champions. They were a West regional finalist a year ago and, before Fridays game with the Utes, appeared to be too much for Utah, which comes off an season last year. Second, there was the manner in which the Utes victory was accomplished. Utah never trailed, but it also blew a points lead in the final eight minutes. Then, after a furious OSU rally that forced the overtime, the Utes regrouped to dominate the extra five minute session and record their first win of the season. Finest hour? Pimm said afterwards. Well, it would have been a lot finer if we hadnt missed some layups and let them come back. But I was real proud of our team. When you lose momentum, like we did, its tough to get back. We made some mistakes in the final five minutes of regulation, but during that one minute break (between regulation and the start of overtime), we got it together. We put the missed layups and turnovers behind us, then went out and won it." There were plenty of heroes for Utah. George Furgis, despite some foul trouble, fired in a team-hig23 field goal tries points. He hit and nailed from the foul line. Pace Mannion scored 15 points and had six assists while being Utahs quarterback during the overtime. Angelo Robinson also hit double figures for the Utes with 13, while Pete Williams and David Cecil each picked off 11 rebounds. In all, Utah outrebounded Oregon State, "We gave away too many points, Oregon State Coach Ralph Miller said. Our defense killed us, especially in the first half. Then, we got things under control (during OSUs late rally) for awhile, but in the overtime, we didnt get back and didnt rebound. We gave them too much with our defense. Miller, who started two freshmen and was without senior Danny Evans because of an illness, said experience played a role in the final outcome. They (Utah) just had too much experience for us, Miller said. And they had too much balance. We started an awfully young team tonight, and it showed in the first half. But Utahs a fine club. Miller shrugged off the fact Utah has been picked no higher than sixth in preseason Western Athletic Conference polls. il-1- 7 h 45-3- 2. Foster, UCLA Spoil BYU Upset Dreams Roselta ictury on the road in the opener is great They are an excellent fast Tribune SKirts Writer break team and our team knows it PROVO UCLA launched a was in a game, Farmer said Rocket attack Friday night that Arnold admitted to being elimiout and successfully sought disapixiinled. We nated Brigham Young University. have three things we ask of our The Cougars are hoping they can to play hard, to play smart muster enough reserves to fight off team to play together. We played and another assault Saturday night hard and we played together, but when University of Iowa visits at we did not play very smart some 7:30 p.m. times. We made four mistakes on The Bruins unloaded "Rocket defenses and they gut four changing second-hal- f Rod Foster on a baskets as a result. Thats eight spree Friday night and the points and we lost by three points. Los Angeles visitors Arnold said thats a tremendous swatted away a pesky BYU basketteam we played. We will improve. I seasonball team to secure an was very happy with the play of opening victory before 23,023 fans, Sinek, Durrant, Fumiss and Chris the fifth largest crowd in Marriott Nikchevich. But we missed reCenter history. bounding in some key slots and we Foster, the senior floor leader for missed some shooting in key slots. Coach Larry Farmers Pac-1- 0 favoBy "slots, Arnold was obviously rites, put his team ahead to stay, referring to the play of junior Timo with 3:51 left and ended with Saarelainen, who seemed tight as a 26 points overall in helping his club drum the whole game (finishing salvage a vic tory that was supposed with two points and two turnovers to come much, much easier. in 17 minutes), and Kite, who was But the Bruins, who have won the from the field and finished national championship 10 of the with nine rebounds ami 11 just 19 seasons and who were past in 33 minutes points termed this week perhaps the One couldn't say too much about by quickest team in America Durranis performance. The junior expert Billy Packer, had their hands full with a who started two full seasons in 1978-7and 1979-8before going on Cougar team sparked by returned LDS an mission, shook off early-gammissionary Devin Durrani, sophomore guard Scott Sinek who came jitters to wheel and deal to an IS shooting performance and 20 off the bench early in the first half to end up with 20 points and senior points overall. forward Gary Fumiss, a lad who "Devin just about passed out in refused to be intimidated by the the dressing room a few moments Bruins awesome inside muscle. ago," Arnold said. He just played himself sick. Responding to Farmers impassioned plea at halftime to start Arnold refused to single out getting some rebounds, the Bruins "good and "bad" performances. won the battle of the boards in the "You cant get too high or too low on second half and tacked on a sizzling anybody on just one game. We just 61 percent shooting to snap a have to eliminate those mistakes e losing streak at the hands that happen with a young ball of the Cougars, who embarrassed club. UCLA in the 1981 Eastern regionals And how are you supposed to and then turned back the Bruins, eliminate mistakes over night? last November in Pauley BYU has to meet up with another Pavilion. Top Id team. Iowa. Saturday night Foster led the surge. The and the Haw keyes sport a lineup of Michael I ay tie, guard, who plays more like shots in the drilled Mark Gannon. Greg Stokes, second half. It was electrifying. To Bob Hansen and Foster, it was all in a nights work, floor leader Steve Carfiso. Coach and he refused to accept all the Lute Olson will not bring in a club with the quickness of UCLA, plaudits this night. however. "Our seniors have come of age. The Bruins stepped away to a think we showed that tonight with lead before and had a lead our poise in the second half. We BYU ran off nine points in a row, in the didn't get second half did we? Foster led by baskets by Fumiss, Brett Applegate and parried. Sineks two free throws, which tied No, nor did the Bruins defense with 7:48 to play. it at show the holes in the second half insertion of Sinek, a It the was did in it when the first half that the e starter a year ago, and Cougars were getting away with Furniss into the lineup five minutes passes into senior post man Greg into the game which sparked deep or to into the baseline Kite, BYU. After that tanden got in the. Durrant. in ties at "Two things I wanted to get game, the two teams 22. 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, before the across at half, Farmer said, as he recalled the Cougars leading, Cougars ran off four straight points a fielder by Sinek and two free No. 1, 1 was disappointed with throws by Furniss, to lead, We were getting on the and The best dition on the floor for the boards. No. 2, I said BYU was Cougars seemed to be Kite at show ing more poise. We came out center, with Durrant and Furniss at and took over on both fronts. forwards and Sinek and Nikchevich at the guard spots. "Hey, this BYU club has been underestimated. They are physical But the best combination on the and they are better than people floor, period, was the Bruin think But to come awav with a of Stuart Gray sophomore!, Kenny Fields, Darraan Dave. Ralph Jakson and Foster. They were quick, deadly most of the time and always there, like flies in the humid heat of August. The Bruins seemed to be putting it away twice in the secon (lhalf ) ixiints early in the fourth once wh(n the Uclans ran off a quarter, slowed down for a while, run late in spurt from 42 to 54, coming from a and then went on a lead with 15 deficit to a the game to gain their biggest lead minutes left, and again leading. of 38 points at behind a trio of baskets by Foster with eight minutes left. It was bad, but, as Layden said, But each time, Durrant, Funiss It wasn't all bad. The fact that we and Smek said no. The first time, started out in the beginning of the the Cougars inched back to tie at 56. game getting after them was and the second time, the Cougars good." forged ties at 72 and 74, before wilting under consecutive baskets Another gtxxi thing for the Jazz, by Foster (at 3:51), Dave and Fields effort from besides the usual honest on a resounding salm dunk off a 29 Adrian Dantley (a game-higDurrant bad pass. points), was the play of Jeff Wilkins. 12 It was a terribly physical game of 19 a in them He scored points, stretch of the third There were 42 personal fouls. It didn't surprise tlu6-foot-quarter, and also pulled down 1U Fields "I've played against them rebounds in 28 minutes of work. Kite three times now We guvs Layden suggested that Wilkins' knew it would be rough And e play Friday may earn him a start at knew they would come out of tlii.-center Saturday against Phills's Moses Malone. Dan Schayes, who turnovers 14 of them for BYU in the has started all 13 Jazz games at first half But we showed what center so far. shot only 2 for we're made of, to win on the road Fridav before this manv people By Dick telling you that Utah is a pretty good club." Utah grabbed the lead for the outset, building leads as large as 11 points (17-6- ) in the opening minutes. Furgis was the key, scoring 14 of the Utes first 24 points before foul trouble forced him to the bench with 7:45 left in the half. Oregon State got within three, late in the half, but Mannion scored three quick points his first of the game to help the Utes take a 9 lead at intermission. In the first 1 : 30 of the second half, Utah used baskets by Furgis and Mannion to boost its advantage to From there, the Utes stayed in control until a Manuel Hendrix layup with 8:01 to play gave them what turned out to be their biggest 28-2- third-ranke- - 36-2- d 85-8- 2 40-2- lead, Sports Information Call 237 2001 4 irrevaM "Preseason," he said, puffing on cigar. "It means nothing. Im a Holmes' constant movement would not allow Cobb to See Page ( 2. ( iihiiim 2 clfeclively night to Overtime Win By Steve Luhm f1- r 6(12-435- vv s I Beavers; Top Holds On Gain 68-6- 2 obb who stand' 6 loot 3. In 1: Holmes height, outweighed 23F;; jm mints to'JI - But he was unable to use his weight ( Utte Utah al k closed In o Fbr Recorded Scores Call 1 800 Local 237 2025 Page One 19X2 dominant I 149-13- obb also had said, "i'll do the can to keep mv behind olf die ( bi-s- 1 1 tribune Section (' Saturday Morning, November 27, It was not a dull fight but it lacked Holmes was so drama because 58-4- 76-7- Little did anyone know, those would be the final Utah points of regulation. In the meantime, Charlie Sitton, who finished with 23 points, and Jamie Stangel, who had 16 off the bench, led OSUs comeback. Six straight Beaver points made it with 6:02 remaining, before the Utes went to their delay game. It worked, with Hendrix breaking open with 3:24 left. But he missed, Oregon State rebounded and Sitton scored. Suddenly, the Beavers were back in the game, Utah followed with a turnover, a missed free throw by Cecil and a missed layup by Mannion. Oregon State converted all three mistakes into points and, with 55 seconds left, Sittons jumper tied the game, Mmk 58-4- 9 0 it ml e pas 58-5- f JL x v' u 8-- v XX I 58-5- The Utes Mario Williams then fumbled away an inbounds pass after a time out, and the Beavers had a chance to win. But William Brew missed from the corner and a couple of rebound tries missed as time expired. "We went to the spread, looking for good shots, with about five minutes to go, Pimm said. And we got good shots. We just missed them. And when you make mistakes like we did, it gives the other team life. The Utes, however, quickly took command in overtime. Furgis hit two free throws before Cecil added one. Then, after Sitton missed his second straight overtime jumper, Cecil scored on a rebound to make it 8 with 3:15 to play. OSU never got closer. Mario Williams, a sophomore, was probably Utahs most valuable performer off the bench against Oregon State. While he had the late turnover that couldn have allowed the Beavers to win, he finished with four points, five rebounds and two assists. He came in for Furgis in the first half when foul trouble claimed the Ute starting forward, and he played well in overtime after Pete Williams fouled 63-5- out. In all, Cecil, the Williamses, Chris Winans and Furgis outplayed OSU inside. Its an area Utah must improve if it wants to enjoy more success this year than last i s If:' vWYfs? i , kHiii 5 two-gam- Tribune Staff Pnoto bv Raven Can University of Utah center David Cecil battles Charlie Sitton of Oregon State for rebound. Utes won close test. 79-7- Improved Aggies Rip Midwestern By Scott L. Malan Tribune Sports Writer LOGAN Utah State Coach Rod Tueller has already tagged his team as improved over last season's squad. Thats yet to be proved, but the Aggies are off to a quicker start in 82. It took the Aggies eight games liefore they could register their first victory a year ago. But this time around, it came seven games earlier as the Aggies opened their schedule with a regular-seaso- n victory over Midwestern State Friday night at the Spectrum. We wanted to play well and have at some a chance to take a look-se- e combinations on the floor and give some people a chance to play, said Tueller, who was about to compare this team with last years entrant. 3 99-7- 7 1 12-- 2 22-1- 3 which left it for this years team to e snap the losing streak that closed out the season last nine-gam- February. SSan-relaine- 22-2- 2 This is a completely different but I dont, and I wont, compare it with last years team for my mental and physical well the Aggie coach joked. being, Last years team was slow and plodding, where this team has some speed and quickness which makes it completely different. team, full-tim- 40-3- 36-3- d Once the Aggies got rolling, they demonstrated that quickness as their penetrating guards pierce the Indians defense time and time again. When those guards werent sailing to the hoop, they were dumping it off to their man-to-ma- See n Page C-- Column 4 five-som- e Jazz Victims of Another Boston Massacre Special to The Tribune BOSTON The Boston Massacre historical event. wasnt a one-shIts an annual affair, held each time the Jazz make their yearly visit to Boston Garden. Friday night, the Jazz made their 1982-8call here, and the result this 3 time was an easy victory for the Boston Celtics, their seventh straight victory and one that was played before their 85th straight sellout crow'd of 15,320. 3 137-10- In their four years Utah, the Jazz have lost their annual games to the Celtics here by 16, 30, 42, and 34 points, an average margin of defeat of 30.5 points. The Jazz, usually looking forward to escaping Boston after these games, cant be too eager to get on the plane Saturday, because itll be landing in Philadelphia, where the Jazz will play the equally devastat76ers Satur- ( ing (and equally in 12-2- lM 0k 0k0kM M M M day night (5:35 p.m. MST, KZAN-F- 98). Playing only 30 minutes, Larry Bird rang up some pretty nice numbers for the Cel23 points, 14 retics Friday bounds, seven assists. "1 think Ive said it before, Bird has got to be one of the greatest players who ever lived, said Jazz Coach Frank Layden after the and game. He can do it all hes tough. Supporting Bird in the rout was center Robert Parish, who contributed 26 points and 12 rebounds in only 25 minutes. "It was a wide-opegame and I enjoyed it, said Parish. "The you had a breather in this one was when you were on the bench. "They were rotating their small people around me and had an When youve got the hot hand, youve got to milk it til it's dry We needed a blowout like this team-leadin- g . . . n only-tim- 1 0k jM. . easy-time- MM 4. M "When our team plays the way it said did tonight, its awesome, Boston Coach Bill Fitch, who was coaching his 998th NBA game. Its fun to watch. We havent had that killer instinct when weve had the lead. But tonight we really put it away in the third quarter. Thats what pleased me the most. Indeed, as Fitch suggested, the game wasnt a blowout until the third period. For the first half, the Jazz were pretty competitive for a Boston change. In last years 132-9Massacre, the jazz were out of it right from the start, trailing by at the at the quarter and half. Not so this time. In the first quarter, with Bird scoring 14 (xiints and Parish 12, the Celts took a lead, but the Jazz did a reasonable job of matching In the secthem ond quarter, the Celtics went to their bench and got 11 points from Nate Archibald and 10 from Kevin Mel laic, bill the Jazz were still 0 70-3- 3 37-1- 3 38-3- 0 basket-for-baske- 0k M M t. within hailing distance at the half, by 11 at But as the third quarter started, Danny Ainge got a rebound and scored and Cedric Maxwell tipped in a basket, and the lead was now 15 at Not even a minute had gone by, and a displeased Layden was calling timeout. I thought they broke our backs when they came out and scored two easy baskets at the start of the second half, said Layden. The timeout didn't help. Those two early baskets were merely an omen, as the Celtics reeled off nearly six minutes of perfect basketball. They scored on each of their first 13 possessions of the half, with Bird getting eight straight Boston points in one stretch. By the time Layden called timeout again to stall the runaway, with 5:48 left m the third, the Boston lead was and growing. The Celtics got the lead tip to 35 trailing 69-5- 92-6- 0&aMa 65-5- . (117-82- . 12-- 2 12-- 2 54-4- 8 46-4- 137-9- 72-6- e i k i |