| Show fbe Halt fake grtbune Section D Sunday Morning-Janu- 18 1987 ary Page ©iris 1 For Rrrnnled Scores Call Focal 2'l It Tribune Sports Writer had been nearly two years since Chris Fulton had started a college basketball game It took five seconds for the University of Utah junior guard to get that old familiar feeling With the Fulton giving the Utes their first different starting lineup since the season began Nov 28 Utah exploded from the blocks and mauled San Diego State University Saturday afternoon in the weekly Western Athletic Conference regional TV game at the Special Events Center Fulton a transfer who sat out last year after starting two seasons at Portland State fired in a pair of three-poishots dished out five assists and had three steals in his starting debut leaving Ute Coach Lynn Archibald groping for the right praiseworthy adjectives "Chris did so much for our offense” Archibald boasted "He got us running again to get us several easy baskets I don't like change in the starting lineup but it's going to be very difficult to move him out Matter of fact this lineup is set in concrete” The Aztecs appeared to be wallowing in wet concrete as the Utes broke away from a 0 advantage at the 15:00 mark of the first half to lead by 6 with 5Mt minutes left in the half 25-- 6 There were three keys to the burst: first the Utes' suffocating man defense spearheaded by senior Albert Springs' effort on Aztec leading scorer Tony Ross second the ability to attack SDSU's defense on Ute guard Gale Gondrezick by pounding incessantly inside and third blistering shooting that found Utah at 62 percent from the field (13 for 21) 93-6- 5 15-1- 40-1- near-flawle- ss NBA San Antonio 102 Utah 91 Indiana 119 Dallas 115 (2QT) Detroit 123 New Jersey 113 Cleveland 116 New York 110 Chicago 105 Philadelphia 89 Phoenix 132 LA Clippers 101 Sacramento Seton Hall 66 Georgetown 65 Auburn 109 Vanderbilt 55 Clemson 72 Maryland 64 St John’s 69 Connecticut 54 Duke 69 Wake Forest 49 Alabama Utah 93 San Diego St 65 BYU 90 Hawaii 74 "That's the chemistry of a Fulton starting” Archibald analyzed "Not only did he take command of the offense and get the ball inside to Mitch and Albert but when he had to shoot with Gale over in the corner he put down two three-poin- t shots He's Fulton a great shooter He's just never had a chance to Wyoming 79 UTEP 74 New Mexico 80 Air Force 65 Big Sky Montana St 88 Weber State 80 Idaho 60 Boise State 50 us” Montana Nevada-Ren- -2 Idaho State 65 71 80 N Arizona 77 o PCAA —Tribune Staff Photo by Lynn R Johnson three-pointe- Utah's Mitch Smith beats San Diego State’s Gerald Murray and goes to hoop hard Saturday afternoon at the SEC Utes pounded SDSU UCSB 93 75 e Utah State 73 Pacific 69 93-6- 5 Long Beach 80 New Mexico State 75 San Jose State 62 Fresno State 41 NHL Boston Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 4 N Y Islanders Washington 6 Hartford 1 Detroit 3 Quebec 2 Montreal 4 Buffalo 2 Edmonton 7 Toronto 4 Vancouver 4 Calgary 3 Minnesota 3 Chicago 2 Los Angeles 4 St Louis 4 63-5- (5-1- 75-6- 9 5-- 0-- 6 Column 5 am CD 10 2 — NBA Basketball Houston at Boston ® 11 am — College Basketball NC State at North Carolina f ESPN 11 1 am — Women's Tennis ® Prin-gle- 's Classic Light at Noon — College Basketball LSU Kentucky 12:30 (D at f ESPN 1 1 College Basketball — pm Syr-acus- e Michigan — pm Force ESPN MISL Soccer Blast (Cable-TV- at ) ® 2 pm — College Basketball Louisville at Purdue © f 2:30 ESPN ) 9 ca s Cup pm — pm — Golf Bob Hope Classic Yachting The Ameri- Eagles Deal Filbey real” Smith came back into the game with Hawaii holding a 8 lead and seven minutes to e ) Cougars the only play The team in the Western Athletic Conference not to have suffered a home defeat thus far were staring at a huge upset loss if things didn't change in a hurry After Bob Capener and Jeff Chatman each nailed a couple of free throws Smith went to the bank In a period of one minute and 15 seconds Smith scored the next 10 BYU points lead to elevate the Cougars to a Hawaii never recovered although Rainbow Coach Frank Arnold had nothing but overall praise for his troops which fell to in the WAC and “We played hard and we played well but we just ran out of people" said Arnold who four years ago coached the Cougars “We lost some of our inside people to fouls and we had 4 TV Sports "I told myself to go out and do the same things I have done and to prove that I was for —Tribune Staff Photo by Dan Miller Basketball a sport? Don’t try convincing BYU’s Michael Smith (left) shown here after catch- non-conta- ct I ing an elbow from Hawaii’s Bill Holcomb during a scramble for the ball Saturday Cougars won 90-7- 9 Life on Road is Just Another Jazz Loss By Steve Luhm Tribune Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO — Nothing changed here Saturday night The Jazz played on the road The Jazz lost And the Jazz remained confident about the road ahead This time the San Antonio Spurs beat Utah 102-9It was the Jazz’s seventh loss in nine games their fourth straight loss overall and their seventh loss in a row on the road 1 It came on the heels of Thursday night’s defeat at Phoenix meaning the Jazz were soundly beaten twice in three nights by teams that entered the weekend with a combined record of 0 Still Coach Frank Layden and the Jazz were looking forward not back as they ended e a road trip with their second loss in three games this season against the Spurs “I don’t like to talk about not executing or any of that after you lose" Layden said “It’s not fair to the guys who win 123-10- 7 23-5- four-gam- "But we look like a tired basketball team right now We're a young team and the road has taken its toll We re just a little flat right now A little stale” Said Spurs Coach Bobby Weiss "I sensed they’ve been on the road for four straight games “They didn't have a great night tonight But they could walk into their place tomorrow night and they're liable to beat the Lakers again That's the nature of the NBA" See D-- 2 Column 1 The Golden Eagles Saturday dealt free agent center Ken Filbey to the Peoria Rivermen for an undisclosed amount of cash Filbey who had five goals and five assists with Salt Lake this season was dealt to Peoria to open up a spot on the crowded Eagle roster according to coach Wayne Thomas "We have too many people here and he was someone they Peoria wanted” Thomas explained "He liked Salt Lake and he liked playing here but it's an opportunity to play that's what he was interested in” Quotable After Boston's Larry Bi made only four of 19 shots last Tuesday against New Jersey he said “Now I know how Fred Roberts feels everytime he takes a jump shot" Ute Grid Star Recalled as Tough Grinning Hombre “No one knows how to cope with a silly grin" Marwin Jonas loved to expound “I was considered tough mean and even dirty by some players and fans but if an opponent fouled me I never hit back I'd give him that silly little grin and then a couple of plays later he'd feel my wrath "Despite my reputation as a rough and tough and sometimes dirty player I can t recall a penalty ever being called against me in eight years of high school college and pros” Jonas loved to boast center Marwin a third-teaselection in 1929 and a second team choice in 1930 died a few days ago in California He had total recall of his football exploits and the time lag of 60 years did little to diminish his memory or enthusiasm in telling the stories again "Quig" Nielsen a former sportswriter and assistant commissioner to the Skyline Conference under Dick Romney published a book “They Tell It Like It Was" and several pages are devoted to Marwin s recollections I can attest to the accuracy of the items because I was trapped in bed in a hospital for several hours when they both came to visit last spring After his athletic participation ended Mar s 70 WAC Basketball ar Old-Ti- me 62 Chicago St 112 Pittsburgh 90-7- D-- 2 71 Mississippi Navy 96 American U 60 Kansas 82 Miami Fla 47 By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer PROVO — Money certainly does talk and the Cougars cashed in with a 9 victory over stubborn University of Hawaii here Saturday night After several dollar bills fell out of official Fred Carbone’s pocket near the Cougar bench Mike Smith decided it was time to become a money player The sophomore forward played like a three-dollbill for 33 minutes Smith sitting on the bench knew it He was stinking up the Marriott Center before 20457 witnesses including baseball stars Wally Joyner Jack Morris and Dale Murphy who before the were honored at a reception-dinne- r game “I was feeling pretty low about that time” taid Smith who came into the contest as the leading BYU scorer with an 182 average "We weren't winning at the time and I felt responsible See 43 Illinois 80 Minnesota 58 Cougars Slip Past Hawaii first-plac- 115 Oklahoma 89 UNLV 88 Indiana 95 Northwestern DePaul 81 So Florida 55 4-- 2 As soon as the Aztecs recognized Utah was ignoring the "box” defense and went into a zone Gondrezick opened up for five field in the last 11 mingoals (one utes of the half See D-- 2 Column 5 Seattle 125 Top Twenty free-thro- shoot for 0I p Sports Capsulezp and 100 percent at the free throw line (4 for 4) "I just denied him Ross the ball" said Springs who backed up his defense with an offensive masterpiece — field goal shooting and shooting (23 points) "I wanted to make it hard for him to shoot If he doesn't get into his rhythm he doesn't score" Ross ended up 5 for 14 from the field The Aztec guard line of Ross and Josh Lowery averaged 31 points coming into the game Springs on Ross and Gondrezick on Lowery left the SDSU pair with a combined 17 points for the day — Ross (the nation's fourth best three-poin- t shooter) with 12 and Lowery with 5 shooting) Ross had 25 Thursday night against BYU While Gondrezick was standing idly in the corner on offense to combat the Aztecs’ overall and ploy Utah (now in the WAC) sliced away inside with sophomore center Mitch Smith getting 10 of Utah’s first 15 points and Springs four with Fulton’s two three-poin- t shots thrown in for good measure 12-- 5 2‘I7-20- 02 Springs Sparkles Utah Buries SBSU By Dick Rosetta Sports Information Cali win became active in directing and promoting church athletics and a son Jeff played a lot of football for the Utes Jimmy Hodgson a Ute of that era and a John Mooney former sportswriter for The Salt Lake Tribune recalled in Nielsen's book how Coach Ike e meal Armstrong had to change his of Jonas because Sports Editor theory "Ike was a tea and toast man" Hodgson recalled "Jonas exploded ‘What the hell Ike “But I never forgot the answer the boss How do you expect us to play football on toast gave ‘What you do on your time is your busiand tea? We won't have enough energy to fin- ness but what you do on your time that afish the game I want a steak to build up some fects what you do on our time that's our busienergy' ness’ ” Jonas recalled “Ike got Jonas the steak and the Brute Super Bore Si played one of the great games of his career Dan Jenkins summarized my idea of Super After that Jonas always had a a Bowl boredome in the editorial section of Satsteak the rest of us had our tea and toast” urday’s Tribune It's bad enough having to Hodgson recalled wade through all the hype and hoopla when bit of you have a strong hunch the game will fall far Marv’s athletics contributed another short of expectations It generally does you litwith the "silly philosophy along pertinent know tle grin" rebuttal But imagine the plight of the folks like the "So much is made of rights of the individual in Denver who have to grind out media in the world today we often forget the rights of the employers Early in my business life I "something" day after day I recall when the heard a boss reprimand a fellow who had a Broncos went to the Super Bowl in 1978 There was so much media coverage reporters drinking problem The offender protested what he did on his own time was his own were interviewing each other The tough thing about Super Bowl coverage business just as the pro athletes argue today pre-gam- pre-gam- e is getting something 7000 other reporters haven’t shared Granted a reporter who knows a player or two may get some angles but security is tough and there are few opportunities for a meeting with a e player So they drag a few players who would rather be somewhere else before the assembled media who also would rather be somewhere else and the same trite questions and answers are exchanged Maybe one of the smartest moves I ever made was turning down A1 Musgrove's invitation to attend the first Super Bowl in Los Angeles in 1967 A! had tickets and the pLne but I didn't feel I could get away on such short notice I)isa and Data Cail Roepke the former Ute finished second in the third luge series Saturday at Lake Placid which gave him two firsts and a second and placed him on the senior elite luge team Congratulations to LaVell Edwards who has taken over as president of the LaVell Edwards college football associa- The BYU coach through his work tion with the AFCA the NCAA and the Football Writers has been a major factor in the recognition WAC football has received nationally Diane Denson Schleicher a newcomer from Georgia will be an addition to the local cycle racing groups and hopes to represent Utah in national competition Diane and Pam Crockett also of Sandy participated in the Senior Women's Cycling Development Camp last fall at the Olympic Center in ColoMichael Callaghan a prerado Springs ttied chemistry major at Westminster College has been placed on the first team NAIA Academic All America men's soccer team He is third Westminster soccer player to A be named to this first team since 1983 caddy in a PGA tour event is paid a minimum of $275 even by players missing the cut and the caddy for the w inner normally can expect a 5 percent tip Ray Nagel the former Ute coach and Hawaii athletic director came to Utah for skiing and bought a lot of new However snow cat caught on equipment fire and new skis were melted Nagel's were uninjured hut skis etc were ruined Observation Ward Nasty things have been said about the boredom associated with the America's Cup racing but that's nothing compared to several aspects of Super Bowl |
