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Show John Sports alt fake tribune Section Mooney Tribune Sports Editor Friday, March C 23, 1984 Page 1 when baseball d Later, when that dream had vanished, those of us who longed to become sports- writers dreamed of becoming major league baseball writers. As a cub reporter in Chicago I envied Ed Prell, Ed Burns and Irv Vaughan, the baseball writers. But almost everyone seemed to welcome the opening of the baseball season if only because it heralded the end of winter and the beginning of warmer weather. The weathermen in Utah may not know it, with the snow flurries still plaguing the early days of spring, but the major league baseball sea- rs 72-6- choked set. Remember last year when three Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlpitchers ton and Gaylord Perry all broke the strikeout record of Walter Johnson, whose 3,508 whiffs seemed far beyond the reach of modern hurl-ers- ? Carlton (3,709) and Ryan (3,677) will return this year to boost their totals. Pete Rose now goes after Ty Cobbs record of total hits. Rose, now 42, needs only 10 base hits to become only the second player in major league history to total 4,000 e hits, and 202 hits to top Cobbs record of 4,191. Rose also needs 61 singles to take over the leadership of that department, also held by Cobb at 3,052. e Rose also ranks third on the list of games played, behind Carl Yastrzemski and Hank Aaron, and needs to play in only 59 games to top the Yaz total of 3,308. In defense of an Cobb played in 3,033 games, 217 games less than Rose as the 1984 season starts. Rose already holds the record for the most times at bat (13,037) while the former Georgia Peach went to bat only 11,429 times. r, Seeks 3,000 Level Rod Carew, who has averaged more than 166 base hits a season for his major league career, needs only 168 hits to become only the 16th ma- jor leaguer to reach the 3,000-hplateau. Carew, 38, and with seven batting titles, has 2,832 it hits. Morgan can establish an Rod Carew e home run record by a second baseman by hitting five, which would top Rogers Hornsbys mark of 260 for a keystone sacker. Among other noteworthy marks within reach are: Phil Niekro needs 88 strikeouts to become only the ninth hurler to record 3,000 Ks in a career. all-tim- And by appearing in 165 innings, Carolina's last Knight called Giomis free throws the biggest individual play of the game. Mike has not played consistently all year, but he makes the big free throw and the game is over. Dean Smith, who guided Carolina to the national crown in 1982, was asked if his team took the Hoosiers lightly. We did not take Indiana lightly, Smith said. We would never take a all-tim- all-tim- off opportunity. This game was the one that really counted because this loss keeps us from going to Seattle, Carolina Sam Perkins said of the Heels failure to stay alive in, the race for the Final Four at Seattle. Indiana deserves a lot of credit, Perkins said. They are a great basketball team. We just had trouble getting things going on offense and they made their shots. We missed a lot of free throws, said Bobby Knight, the demanding coach who has steered the Hoosiers to two national titles in the last 12 years. lead "enKnight said the abled us to survive. son opens April 2. And the season promises another assault on some of the records believed untouchable when they were Associated Virginias Jim Miller and Syracuses An- dre Hawkins grab for ball under hoop as Press Laserphoto Cavalier Olden Polynice (24) looks on. The Cavaliers took their NCAA East victory. Illini Eliminate Maryland team that shoots that well from the outside lightly. We have been ranked No. 1 all season, and we have smart players who get ready for every game and dont take teams lightly, Smith said. The Hoosiers, who finished third in the Big Ten Conference, fashioned the biggest upset of the tournament n so far with a tough, collapsing defense that often resembled a zone and kept the heavily favored Tar Heels off balance most of the night. 7 Indiana, 22-surged to a lead with 5:36 remaining, then had to hold off a torrid Carolina comeback Mibehind a pair of chael Jordan and Perkins. The Heels twice cut the lead to two points as Indiana collapsed at the free throw line, with freshman Marty Simmons missing the front in a row end of three and Chuck Franz another before Alford contributed six in a row in the final 3:12. The victory moves the Hoosiers into the regional champinship game against another Atlantic Coast Conference foe Saturday Virginia. Carolina finished 28-- 3 after holding down the No. 1 ranking most of the season. man-to-ma- 59-4- Indiana advanced to the NCAA tournaments final eight after finish- behind Illinois and Puring third due during the regular season Big Ten season. Center Uwe Blab added 16 for Indiana and guard Stew Robinson chipped in 14 points. Perkins led Carolina and while Jordan, the Player of the Year, had 13 before fouling out with 1:11 to play. Virginia 63, Syracuse 55: Virgin- ia took control early with a 12-- 0 spurt sparked by freshman Olden and then sat Polynices six points back in a packed zone defense to upd set Syracuse in the semifinals of the NCAA East Regional. We didnt anticipate playing zone that much," Virginia Coach Terry Holland said. We figured about but since Syracuse was having trouble making the outside jumper, we felt the rhythm and tempo was with us. So we stayed with it. Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim said he couldnt understand why his Orangemen shot so poorly against Virginia. We saw about 90 percent zones during the season, he said. We didnt shoot well to get close and Virginias a tough team to play when they have the lead because they can control the tempo. 18th-ranke- Mideast: Kentucky Nips Louisville Tribune Wire Services Third-ranke- d Kentucky, distracted by an rivalry in the midst of the NCAA Mideast Regional, made lots of mistakes Thursday night against Louisville, but Coach Joe B. Hall figured his Wildcats will benefit from playing badly and winning, 72-6- Im glad we didnt play all that Hall said. well and still won, Someplace along the way, youre going to have a letdown, and if you can win, it does something for you. Guard Dicky Beal scored 15 points, had nine assists and provided crucial against Louisvilles press. His running mate, Jim Master, also had 15 as Kentucky survived the game. It was confusing playing Louisville and being in a big tournament at the same time, and as a result, Kentucky came out tight, Hall said. But Beal did a super job orchestrating offensively and defensively. In all, the Wildcats committed 20 turnovers. Louisville guard Lancaster Gordon ran upTl straight points in the first half en route to a game, and Milt Wagner had 22 for full-cou- rt the Cardinals. Center Melvin Turpin kicked in 14 points for Kentucky, and forward Winston Bennett came off the bench to score 10 for the Wildcats. Kentucky turnovers and fouls against the press almost let the scrappy Cardinals, eliminate the Wildcats from the playoffs a second straight year. 2 at the half, Kentucky, down led by as much as eight points in the second period when Turpin hit an full-cou- rt 24-1- 36-3- p alley-oo- press to against the make it with full-cou- rt 61-5- 3 to 4:36 play. But Milt Wagners four points keyed an 2 run that drew the Cardinals to 1 with three minutes left. From there, Master hit three of four free throws and Bennet hit two free throws and tipped in Masters only miss to keep the Cats ahead. The win advanced the Wildcats, 28-to Saturdays final against d Illinois. 8-- 63-6- sixth-ranke- Kentucky handed Illinois one of its four losses in Champaign-Urban- a on Christmas Eve, prevailing 4 d on a basket by freshman James Blackmon. 56-5- last-secon- game billed as Marylands offense against Illinois defense, the minis patient offensive display in the second half led to a victory in the NCAA Mideast Regional semifinals. At halftime, I told them if we just looked for the better shot we would be in the game, said Coach Lou Henson, whose Big Ten now 26-led the league in scoring defense. Maryland, 24-- 8 and the winner of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, had been among the nations top shooting teams coming into the tournament. I thought we made too many mistakes to win, said Marylands Coach Lefty Driesell. George Montgomery scored 15 points, including eight in one decisive stretch, to trigger Illinois second-half explosion. The Illini who had been down by as much as nine points in the first half came back from a 0 halftime deficit to go ahead by 11 points with 4:33 remaining in the game. But Illinois, while enjoying good shooting, had to overcomne second-hal- f problems when Doug Alten-bergand Scott Meents fouled out 32-3- er Illinois 72, Maryland 70: In a Todays Radio, TV Here Is a list of sporting events scheduled for broadcast Friday, according to local radio, TV and cable stations: 5:35 p.m. Baseball, Braves vs. Mets, WTBS (cable). t p.m. NCAA basketball, Memphis State vs. Houston, ESPN (cable). 7:30 p.m. NBA basketball. Jazz vs. Warriors from Las Vegas, KSL-A(1160). 7:30 p.m. Flames, KRGO-A- CHL hockey. Eagles vs. (1550) and KLO-A- (1430). 8 NCAA p.m. basketball, Washington vs. Dayton, ESPN (cable). 11:10 p.m. NCAA basketball, DePaul vs. Wake Forest, Channel 5. Taped. 12:30 a.m. NCAA basketball, Georgetown vs. UNLV, ESPN (cable). Taped. and Efrem Winters was forced to leave the game with an injury with about 6:30 remaining. Adrian Branch, who led all scorers with 19 points, brought the Terrapins back within four points with 1:12 remaining when he converted a three-poi- nt play, but Maryland could get no closer than two the rest of the way. 50-5- 0, The Orangemen got into foul trouble early, losing center Andre Hawkins with 12:20 to play and g All-Bi- East Conference playmaking guard Dwayne Pearl Washington with 7:09 remaining. the Syracuse star Washington, throughout the season, ended up with only eight points on field goal shooting. Virginia is now 1 after enter1 record. ing the NCAAs with a The Cavaliers beat Iona at the buzzer and Arkansas in overtime in their two tournament games prior to the relatively easy win over Syracuse. 20-1- 17-1- Niekro can pass Robin Roberts (4,689) and Christy Mathewson (4,783) into tenth place in 2:17-202- Tribune Wire Services Freshman Steve Alford of Indiana had only one thing on his mind when North Carolina chopped a Hoosier lead to only two with 3:26 left in their East Regional semifinal Thursday night at Atlanta. What was it? I thought, We'd better get our act together, or its a long flight home, Alford said after hitting six clutch free throws down the stretch and pouring in 27 points as the Hoo-sieupset the Tar Heels, Mike Giomi then put the game out of reach with five seconds to play by hitting a pair of free throws that was the only popular professional sport, almost every kid on the sandlots dreamed of playing in the majors some day. the lHOO-f62-t35- Hoosiers., Virginia Pull Upsets in East I dont know about you, but I always look forward to the opening of the baseball season. Years ago, Joe r Recorded Scores 1 Call 3 Local l innings-pitche- And "Mr. October can move ahead of Lou Gehrig in career home runs if Reggie Jackson can swat 16 homers. Jackson (478) ranks in 14th spot in home runs, and would need a couple of good years to make much of an impression on the Spurs Trip Dantley - less Jazz Special to The Tribune SAN ANTONIO The Jazz got some solid performances from unexpected sources here Thursday night. But the San Antonio Spurs got stellar performances from expected rankings since hes 56 home runs be- sources. hind Jimmy Foxx in seventh place Mike Mitchell, who has been virwith 534. tually carrying the Spurs in the last month in their drive for a playoff Another World1 for Jan spot, poured in 39 points, and George whose scoring abilities are Jan Bucher, Utahs outstanding Gervin, had 35, as they ballet skier, won her sixth World lifted the 6 to a Spurs victory Cup Wednesday in Sweden. over a gallant Jazz team that had to Ms. Bucher told The Tribune , play without the services of NBA "The competition was really tough scoring leader Adrian Dantley. and Im tired after the long grind in Dantley was grounded in Salt defense of my championship. I didnt Lake City with a case of the flu, and have to compete in the team event, the Jazz are hoping he is well which was a relief. enough to be able to play Friday Im moving on to France for an- night in Las Vegas, when the Jazz other competition, but I will be back oppose the Golden State Warriors for the National competition next (7:30 p.m. MST, KSL-116- 0 radio). week in Colorado. Friday suddenly looms as a day Jan rivals only Gene Fullmer in when first place in the Midwest Dithe number of world events won by a vision is at stake again. The loss to Utahn. Ms. Bucher has won six the Spurs not only snapped the world championships and battled Jazzs e winning streak, it for her championships wherever also trimmed their division lead to ballet skiing is popular. one game over Dallas with 11 to go. The Mavericks could get back into Fullmer won the world middleweight boxing championship twice the lead by a percentage point Friand defended his title seven times day night, if they win at home over e Houston and the Jazz, afbefore losing in the eighth defense to Dick Tiger in San Francisco. ter having to fly in from Texas on Jan was honored a year ago at the game day, lose to a rested and playoff-hungry Warrior team, which is 4 Multiple Sclerosis Banquet of against Utah this season. Champions as Utah's Professional But the Jazz will go into Las VeAthlete of the Year. gas with a good feeling about thema feeling that they took the selves Observation W ard Spurs to the wire without their The young musician who drew scorer. Jazz Coach Frank Lay-de- n cited the encouraging play of laughs when he sat down to play switched to baseball and now they reserves like Bob Hansen, J.J. Anderson and Jerry Eaves. But he also laugh when be stands up to play. four-mast- 129-12- four-gam- last-plac- 0-- nt had to shudder at the combined 74 points put up by Mitchell and Gervin, who are trying to keep it together for the Spurs while Artis Gilmore is out. I told them (the Jazz) after the game tonight that the only thing that disturbed me was that we cant let anyone have that kind of freedom against us; weve got to be more physical, said Layden of the field days enjoyed by Mitchell and Gervin, who combined to make 33 of 60 shots. Layden started rookie Thurl Bai- ley on Mitchell, and by the end of the game, he had thrown the kitchen sink at the Spurs forward, with John Drew, Jeff Wilkins, Rich Kelley and Anderson also taking turns defensing him. Mitchell had 10 points in the first quarter, 10 in the second, 12 in the third, and seven in the fourth. He got six big ones down the stretch, three times extending a San Antonio lead to eight, 5 the last time at with two minutes left. The Spurs were still up by eight, with a minute to go after a layup by John Lucas. But, amazingly, the Jazz still wouldnt die. Four quick points by Rickey Green got the Jazz to within four with 38 seconds to go. After a walk by Edgar Jones, Kelley scored on a layup with only 27 seconds left, and suddenly the Jazz were back within two, six-poi- 123-11- 125-11- 125-12- But then Green fouled Lucas on the inbounds pass, and Luke converted both pressure foul shots to restore the Spurs lead to four. The Spurs were then called for a technical foul on their second illegal defense violation, and Green made the foul shot to chop the deficit to 127- - 124 with 23 seconds left. That gave the Jazz the opportunity to go for a three-pointand a tie. three shots at it. First, They got r. Darrell Griffith missed a Then Drew twice got the rebound and motored back to three-poirange for home run tries, only to miss them both. The Spurs finally rebounded and Gene Banks made two clinching free throws with nine seconds left to make it Layden didnt think the last three-poiattempt was a good one, but he noted, John had a good point. He said that we had taken two shots already and he just thought time was running out. Ive always said that, when you get down to a three-poishot at the end, thats the worst time to take on because everybodys running at you. The Jazz had a balance scoring attack, with Drew leading the way with 22 points, followed by Griffith with 20 and Green with 17. Hansen contributed mightily and had his career high of 15 points. Bailey had 14 and Wilkins 12, and Anderson and Eaves combined for 14 points off the $? er three-pointe- nt 129-12- nt nt bench. I thought we got excellent play from our bench, said Layden, and there were some stats to support him. For instance, the Jazzs subs combined to shoot for 67.7 percent. But the Jazz helped to do themselves in with 25 turnovers, and point guards Lucas (17 assists) and Johnny Moore (9) were quick to turn those lapses into points at the other end. Following the big numbers of Mitchell and Gervin for the Spurs, Banks had 12 points and 10 rebounds, Jones had 11 points (all in the first half), and Lucas had 10. Associated Pi ess Laserphoto Rich Kelley of the Jazz gets inside position on Mark McNamara and grabs a rebound during Spurs win Thursday, |
