Show v 'V'vl - - m mi D Sunday Morning—December 13 1987 For Kefonl“l Scores local 23 Call But Golden St Gets Sampson In Big Trade By Steve Luhm Tribune Sports Writer The Jazz rang out the old Warriors Saturday night just before Golden State brought in the new Mel Turpin scored a season-hig22 points to lead seven Jazz players in double figures and Utah cruised to a 127-9- 3 victory over the Warriors at the Salt Palace It was Utah’s most lopsided win of the season Immediately after the game Golden State announced it had traded Eric “Sleepy” Floyd and Joe Barry Carroll to Houston for Ralph Sampson and Steve Harris As a result this game means very little to the long-teroutlook of the revamped Warwill help riors who are hoping their new-loo- k them overcome a miserable start That record includes 10 straight road losses For the Jazz however the blowout was comforting It avenged last year’s humiliating loss to the Warriors in the playoffs when Golden deficit to oust Utah in State came from a the first round Tribune Sports Writer One of his starting guards — Chris Mullin — announced Saturday afternoon he was entering an alcohol rehabilitation center and will indefinitely Saturday night his team lost to the Jazz by 34 points But S' All-St- 3-- In making the announcement from Oakland Warriors Executive Vice President Don Nelson said "We have made a decision to make a change in the basic structure of our team We feel we must go in a new direction and that the acquisition of Ralph Sampson who is one of the best young centers in the game is the first step toward our objective We are committed to building a championship caliber team for the Bay More importantly the victory snapped a e losing streak and again'estabiished the Jazz as a dominant team at home They're now in the Salt Palace where their average margin of victory is 214 points per game "It’s a good feeling to beat these guys” said Karl Malone who finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds “We came out and meant business tonight We played excellent that's all I can say Turpin got beside himself tonight He two-gam- 9-- 2 played great” Turpin finished with 22 points on shooting He played just 20 minutes Ironically his best performance as a member of the Jazz came three days after his publicized with teammate Carey Scurry in the parking lot of a Houston hotel But Turpin said the incident wasn't a motivating factor against the Warriors "I think we passed the ball around more” Turpin said "That’s all Everybody was in- D-- 2 Column ar All-Sta- 0 See after game the game Golden State Coach George Karl was smiling That’s because he’d just learned of a blockbuster trade that saw the War- 7 Hors ship guard Ralph Sampson Eric Sleepy’ Floyd and r center Joe Barry Carroll to the Houston Rockets in exchange for center Ralph Sampson and guard Steve Harris m fist-fig- sidelined be Area” At the Salt Palace Karl could hardly hide his delight with the deal “I think it’s a great trade for us” said the ht Warriors coach whose team dropped to for the season after losing to the Jazz “We don’t want to be a playoff team We don’t want to be the kind of team that makes the playoffs and gets knocked out in the first round We want to be a championship team See D-- 2 Column 4 3-- —Tribune Staff Photo by Dan Miller Jazz reserve center Mel Turpin powers in for two of his 22 points in Saturday night’s 127-9- 3 Utah victory over Golden State in the Salt Palace 4 Tribune Sports Writer PROVO — The Cougars were the class of their own Classic far Brigham Young hammered Chicago State to capture the championship of the Cougar Classic Satuday night finishing off the rout in the history of the biggest two-nigtournament d Jeff Chatman the MVP of the Classic in 30 points to lead the romp Mike Smith who joined Chatman on the team popped in 25 points Smith scored 50 points over two nights and Chatman had 48 In dusting off Weber by 33 points Friday night and whipping Chicago State by 31 in the title game the Cougars had little trouble in regaining the championship they relinquished to Fullerton State last year The Cougars were so dominant that a case could be made for an tournament team It didn't happen and maybe it should't happen but it wouldn’t take a stretch of the imagination to fill out such a ballot Chatman Smith and Jim Usevitch sented the Cougars on the team Idaho State placed Chase Brown and Chicago State had Maurice Thornton on the list Weber State was shut out The Cougars 0 never trailed in the game BYU’s advantage slowly built to 17 points at halftime BYU upped its lead to 20 four minutes into the second half and it was just a matter of playing out the string and wondering how many Cougars would be honored 0 ht fun-nele- All-BY- 6-- 43-2- 6 post-gam- NBA Denver Philadelphia 121 Chicago 112 Houston 103 Portland 108 Indiana 101 Washington 122 New Jersey 107 Detroit 124 New York 96 San Antonio 129 Phoenix 110 Utah 127 Golden State 93 Seattle 1 16 Los Angeles Clippers 95 131 Buffalo 3 Boston 3 NY Islanders 5 New Jersey Hartford 3 Los Angeles 2 e Utes Aggies Win: IHL Fort Wayne 4 Salt Lake College Basketball Kentucky 76 Louisville 75 Pittsburgh 70 West Virginia 64 DePaul 73 Notre Dame 69 (OT) Temple 75 Rhode Island 66 Florida State 48 Ball State 47 Georgetown 78 St Leo 40 Florida Purdue 71 96 Michigan Eastern Michigan 115 North Carolina 90 SMU 74 Indiana 63 Washington State 56 Wyoming 74 UAB 69 Syracuse 92 Canisius 77 Memphis State 76 Missouri 68 Oklahoma 152 Centenary 84 UNLV 89 Houston 69 Kansas 110 Rider 72 WAC Basketball Utah 59 Princeton 55 New Mexico State 58 UTEP 57 BYU 91 Chicago State 60 Colorado 65 North Texas State 56 PCAA Basketball Nevada-Ren- o 81 late D-- 2 California Bowl ftSPtM 6 27 am — Tennis The Nabisco f'tSPNj 10:30 am — Figure Skating The NHK Championships d) 11 am — NFL Football Dallas at Washington 5) Noon — The Year in Sports: 1987 (TSPtD Noon — three-pointe- flWl Skiing Golf Chrysler Team pm Championship GD 2 pm — NFL Football Los Angeles Raiders at Kansas City CD 2 pm — NFL Football New York Giants at St Louis an understatement “It is a different feeling this year with a lot of team spirit and unity We are having a lot of fun and we are getting better as we go along” Chatman added: “We played great defense and that was the key I'm just happy to get a 13 of 16 field good shooting percentage — 1 flSHD 3 pm Seniors — Golf The Kaanapali ffeSPNT — NFL Football Denver at Seattle goals” 6 pm Quotable Chatman said the MVP was a big thrill and it would be one of the highlights of the year The Cougars shot 60 percent in rolling up 104 points against Weber Friday In the title game BYU shot 571 percent overall and 50 area percent from the three-poiThe Cougars continued their uptempo attack in a first half that saw them enjoy a 6 lead Jose State Masters ever Andersen answered: “Saying someone is best or has done the best is always a tough thing to do How can you tell? But I will say this I think Brian Taylor has put together maybe his best first six games he has ever played” Smith nailed 10 of 17 from the field including three “Everything seemed to roll my way and a lot of them baskets were garbage baskets” said Smith “I’m pretty happy about the way that’s 30 San TV Sports Asked whether Chatman had his best game “It's a little different than the last time here” — Golden State Coach George Karl after the Jazz downed the I was nt 43-2- In recognizing his team's two blowouts 54 Idaho State 72 Weber State 71 St Mary's 52 Montana State 48 Northern Arizona 84 Grand Canyon Boise State 70 San Diego 54 score” and 63 Arizona 66 Iowa 59 Eastern Michigan going 3 Big Sky Basketball have ever asked my team to do is to play hard every minute on defense no matter what the are 3 St Louis 5 Pittsburgh 2 Coach Ladell Andersen said: “The only thing I things i Washington 2 Chicago 1 Edmonton 6 Vancouver 3 Montreal 5 Detroit 3 Toronto 4 NY Rangers 3 Quebec 5 Minnesota 0 Santa Clara at By Ray Herbat 91-6- Sports Capsule— Utah State 80 Texas 75 San Jose St 65 Illinois-Chicag- o Pacific at San Francisco late Chatman’s MVP Show Leads Y to Classic Win By — NHL By Steve Luhm h 237-200- 1 23 Jazz Shoot Bo win ‘Old’ Warriors Turpin Scores 22 to Lead 127-9- 3 Win KWtifidy Sports Information (’all 1 Page WtiaSietetiis Hsgial §!)e Halt fake §£fibune Section w "igSpf — Tribune Staff Photo by Rtck Egan BYU’s Jim Usevitch and Chicago State’s Stanley Jones battle for rebound in championship game of Cougar Gassic BYU whipped Chicago St 0 91-6- Warriors 127-9- 3 Saturday The Warriors ended the Jazz season last May in the Salt win in Game Five Palace with a in the first round of the playoffs 118-11- 3 U Student Puts on Gloves to Enhance Future Law Enforcement Career Doug Weaver a senior in political science at the University of Utah makes his debut as an amateur boxer Saturday at the Police Athletic League gymnasium But what makes Weaver unusual is he has no illusions about winning national Amateur Boxing Federation or Golden Gloves championships or competing in the Olympic Games or winning a world professional title Weaver is boxing because he thinks it will benefit him in the years ahead when he becomes enforcement involved was champ forever while actually Joe Louis soring the card at 855 W California Saturday 6 at 7:30 pm For ticket information call 466-479- Avila has been a boxer and later a trainer 0 s since the “I have another prospect in Robert Anderson a senior at West High who also will be mid-195- novmaking his boxing debut as a ice" Avila said“We will have several Colorado fighters against our more experienced amateurs and we will open the card with some of the Junior Olympic youngsters" There is an interesting tie between a potential law enforcement officer fighting on a card dedicated to one of Louie's Club boxers who was killed in Liberty Park in 1980 "Ted Fields — a student at Judge Memorial and one of my boxers — was shot and killed along with a companion by Joseph Paul Franklin Aug 20 1980 1 hope to make this an annual memorial boxing tournament in Ted Fields' memory" Avila said 139-pou- in law Weaver who played prep football at Highland High got into boxing because a friend was boxing at Louie Avila's Club “I never had boxing gloves on before I went to Louie's” Doug laughed “But I liked the idea of physical action and 1 really think it will help me in law enforcement after graduation “While political science is my major I am stressing studies in criminology because that's where my interest and future lies Meanwhile I'll be boxing in my first bout at 4 178 pounds in the Utah vs Colorado amateur boxing card Saturday night at the PAL Gym” Doug said Louie's Club which is Louie Avila is spon- is Disa and Data The University of Utah cheerleading squad among 20 finalists from 200 entries in the national championship competition to be held in San Diego Jan Ute squad was only one selected from West of the Rockies combinaOnly US tion in Olympic Games was mother Maribel Vinson-Owe- o and daughters Laurie and Mari-be- ll Owen All were figure skaters who were killed in plane crash in 1961 en route to world championships is a prime favorSyracuse University (11-ite to win the MacArtbur Bowl given annually to its national champion by the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Syracuse team won the first MacArtbur Bowl in 1959 University of New Mexico Lobo basketball warmups carry "Say No to Drugs” message Muhammad Ali dominated the heavyweight division so thoroughly it seemed he 8-- mother-daughterf- s) Jack Dempsey John L Sullivan and Jack Johnson held the title longer Louis was champ 11 years and 8 months while Ali was Thomas champ five years and 11 months Hearns has won world boxing titles in four divisions but 50 years ago when Henry Armstrong won the first of three weight classes he held at the same time the weight differential between divisions was larger Roy Von Elm whose brother Gix once beat the immortal Bobby Jones has a problem: He needs nomination of three greatest US athletes born in 1950s If you have suggestions mail ’em to me and I’ll see that Roy gets them CE "Chuck” Peterson state senator from Utah county corrects Old Moon on first Heisman hassle He points out that Clark Shaughnessy (not AA Stagg) was coaching when Jay Berwanger was surprise 1935 selection Chuck was a classmate of Berwanger at U of Chicago Years ago some Berwanger critic had given me that Stagg information and I never bothered to check that Stagg was retired in 1933 Sen Orrin Hatch R Utah revealed U S Senate passed bill Friday which would move college football coaches closer to a pension program which as I understand it would allow coach to carry his pension to next job Fred Moore writing from Sun City Ariz claims “When we get up in the morning we don’t have anything to do and by the time evening rolls around we only have half of it done” Fred reports that Cantril “Flash” Nielsen former Utah Aggie star lives nearby in Sun City Worth Noting: Kenyon College athlete Danni Davis is forward on field hockey team and sprinter in track and she carries 362 grade point average and spent last four summers in Latin America as part of Amigos de las Americas program supervising crew of 11 in Costa Rica last summer National Hockey League proposal to bring Russian team into NHL is meeting opposition competidespite popularity of Canada-Rus- s tion in Canada Cup One objection is length of proposed season NFL Pro a proposed union to replace NFL Players Association aims for $100000 minimum salary for first-yea- r pros In newspaper business you weren’t considered a journeyman reporter until you had five or six years in the business Observation Ward There's a rumor a star basketball player can count just to "four” because that's the number of hubcaps on a car 4 |