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Show The Salt lake Tribune Tuesday, February D3 5, New Car Owner Says He Loved Decision by By Steve Luhm Tribune Sports Writer Indiana Coach Bobby Knight has one fan around here. Hes the guy in the new Porsche. Knight, you recall, stirred up considerable controversy last week when he left two starters off the Hoo-sie- rs traveling squad that lost to IlliOn top of that, Olympian Steve Alford made the trip, but didnt play. Knight said the players needed a lesson in obedience and intensity. And, after Illinois easily covered the spread the bookies put on the game, the Indiana coach said the only people upset with his decision to discipline his players were the idiots who bet on the game. But what about the idiots who bet on Illinois? There was, apparently, at least one. Somehow, said the caller to The nois, 52-4- 4Vi-poi- I Tribune, gotta thank Bobby Knight. gotta thank him publicly. Basically, he bought me a new Porsche. He did me a favor. I love him. The caller, who claimed to be a 1968 graduate of Indiana, said a couple of days before the game he heard I through the grapevine about Knight's decision to leave starters e Utah State just finished and Nevada-La- s Vegas. On Thursday, the Aggies played at Irvines 1,400-seCrawford Hall, complete with an outdoor concession area. Just two nights later, the Ags played the Run-ni- n 7 LSU owned a lead and the Rebels in front of 18,200 frenzied ball with only one second to play. But fans at UNLVs Thomas and Mack on an inbounds play from under the Center Georgia basket, Williams threw the For Eastern purposes, ball the length of the court. When it UTEP Coach Donexposure Haskins advocates went out of bounds with no one touchthat all WAC games played on Saturing it, Georgia got the ball under the start at 1 pm. And he thinks same basket with that one second day weeknight games should start at 7 still left on the clock. p m., not 7 30 p m. . . . If Chaminade After Georgia scored on its inCoach Merv Lopes doesnt get the job a stunned at Hawaii bounds play to win he is the early frontWilliams said he didnt realize somerunner watch for Weber State one had to touch the ball before the Coach Neil McCarthy to emerge as a clock began. candidate I thought, said Williams, the Busy Weekend: Veteran official game wouid be over if I just threw it. Bobby Dibler sure gets around. ii Noteworthy: Correction: Seven-foot-o- Thursday night, he worked the center Lance Scott, mengame in Salt Lake City. Fritioned last week, attends Snow Colday night, he was in Los Angeles for lege, not Ricks . . . And speaking of Southern Cals double overtime win junior colleges, Utah State Coach Rod over UCLA. Saturday night, he was in n Fort Collins for the CSU-Neand nationally-Mexico Tueller says ranked Dixie College in St. game. And Sunday afternoon, he George is loaded. They could go all worked Illinois game at Houston. the way to the national junior college Roughly, thats 2,000 miles, 563 points, 135 personal fouls and $900 in championship. . . . less than four days The most diverse road trip in colUtah States Vince Washington lege basketball? It might be the one Cal-Irvin- College Basketball Notebook Mike Giomi and Winston Morgan off the traveling squad. So I took my wife to Las Vegas $30,000 on the game, he said. "I didnt know Alford wasn't going to play. But I knew he was going to start all those four freshmen. And I just had to go for it. Normally, I might bet $100 on a game Maybe $200. But this was the chance of a lifetime. I had to do it. I just had to. and bet Was the guy for real? I dont know. But he sounded like a true Indiana basketball fan. I think he Knight is a jerk, the caller said. But I hope he gets us straightened around by the end of the season. And I hope we can win it the national championship. Thatd be great. Maybe even greater than a new Porsche. WAC-- y Tournament: if San Diego State wins the Western Athletic Conference and the Aztecs (7-play seven of their final eight games at n home the leagues tournament would be held at the San Diego Sports 13,500-seArena. Nothing wrong with the facility. post-seaso- s, Its bigger, for example, than UTEPs Special Events Center. The problem in San Diego is filling it The Aztecs have never been a major attraction in Southern California. Even this year, with San Diego State the Aztecs top sailing along at 16-crowd has been 6,000 for their game with BYU. To make matters worse, the San Diego Socken of the Major Indoor Socker League have a game in the Sports Arena on March 9, when the WAC tournament championship is scheduled. WAC officials say the conflict with the Sockers could probably be worked out. But, all things considered, you've got to think everybody involved would rathexcept Smokey Gaines er see the tournament played in El Faso. Or Albuquerque. Or Provo. Or Laramie. Or Fort Collins. lsu Freshman Mistake: at 58-5- 59-5- 8, Utah-Hawa- once-beate- fresh- man toward John Williams will probably always remember Saturday nights 8 loss to Georgia. 59-5- record for consecutive free throws this week. Hes hit 52 in a row, 12 short of the current record of 64, set by Western Illinois Chuck Dykstra. Washington, who hasnt missed a free throw in more than a month, could break the record could break the NCAA Wednesday against Long Beach State, Saturday night at New Mexico State or March 14 against Hard to Believe Department: Utah State's opponents are hitting 49 4 from the floor against the Aggies, but an amazing 53.6 from three-poiterritory. 0) nt Quoteworthy: UNLV Coach Jerry Tarkanian, on his obsession with basketball: My wife got me to some plays and ballets, trying to get me into culture. I went to the ballet and everybodys standing up clapping. I wondered who scored. Manute Bol, Bridgeport Colleges center from Sudan on why his passport lists his height as When they measured me, I was sitting down. UTEP Coach Haskins on the glut of Southeast and Big Ten games shown on cable television: If we ever run into one of those teams, at least well have em Big East, well-scoute- d. Sportlight: Senate Group Opens Hearings on Franchise Control Tribune Wire Services Commissioners of the major football leagues went before a Senate committee Monday in Washington over issues dear to the hearts of both leagues: control of their franchises and television contracts. At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle strongly pushed for proposed legislation that would allow professional sports leagues to stop a team from moving to another city unless the club could show it suffered from a number of problems such as poor fan support. But Harry Usher, head of the United States Football League, argued that while franchise relocation was a concern, the bill ignored the overall problem in pro football, which he said was an NFL monopoly on fall television coverage. one-on-o- World Alpine Ski: Erika Hess captured the womens combined title to give Switzerland its third gold medal at the World Alpine Ski Championships. Hess, 22, raced two perfect slalom runs on the Stelvio course, clocking best times in both heats of 45.19 seconds and 45.60 for the winning aggregate of 1 minute, 30.79 seconds. Ursala Konzett of Liechtenstein was second in 1:32.40. Eva Twardokens of Squaw Valley, Calif., finished seventh in final combined standings, while Cindy Nelson of Reno, Nev., was 15th. d, Osborne Surgery: Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne said he will surgery undergo single heart-bypaat Bryan Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. ss Tessier Fired: After a short and College: St, Washburn Sentenced: North olina State basketball player Chris top-rank- 87-7- 0. straight at one stage. They tied the game at 48 when Berry hit a ing six layup with 12:56 remaining and took their first lead since late in the first half when Mike Moses hit a layup with 12:28 left. Maryland 87, Dominion 75: At College Park, Len Bias scored 24 points and No. 17 Maryland reeled off 16 straight points in the first half en route to the victory over Old Dominion. Trailing early half, the Redmen ran off a 20-- 2 spurt as Mullin scored eight points, includ- - Kansas 88, Colorado recruiting and Inside Information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year BYU is recruiting three quarterbacks, one of which Utah wants. The Cougars are also after a hot basketball prospect in Fresno. For details call from anywhere in Utah... - 7 :00 p.m. Wednesday, February Ice and Snow Climbing Class Preview Rick Wyatt will discuss the course outli ne of this educational class to be held February 28, March 1 and 2. Some of the subjects covered will be iceclimbing and rescue, avalanche awareness and forecasting Sign-up will beat REI 50 cent minimum charge caller by Mountain Beit OUR MOST POPULAR ONE CARAT DIAMOND SOLITAIRE RING Luzinski Retires: Greg Luzinski, one of baseballs most feared power hitters, said that he was retiring and would become freshman baseball coach at a New Jersey high school. Fiutie Signs: Doug Flutie, the Heisman Trophy-winnin- g quarterback from Boston College, signed a contract with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League that his lawyer said will make him one of the highest paid athletes in sports. Contracts were executed, Bob Woolf said. Though he would give no details, it has been estimated that Flutie would receive $7 deal with million under a five-yeGenerals owner Donald Trump. Newton each tossed in 12 points to lead a balanced offensive effort as No. 19 Kansas rolled to an easy victory over Colorado in a Big Eight game. La. Tech 73, NE Louisiana 63: At Monroe, Karl Malone had 20 points, 12 l abounds and four steals in leading No. 15 Louisiana Tech over Northeast Louisiana in a key Southland Conference game. The triumph gave Tech a 17-- 2 overall record and a 1 mark in the Southland standings. Lipton Net Meet With John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors sitting this one out, Ivan Lendl is in the inaugural $1.8 million Lipton International Players Championk tennis tourships, a unique nament which begins play Tuesday in Delray, Fla. top-seed- two-wee- NHL Two rookie centers, Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Kirk Muller of the New Jersey Devils, were among the eight players added by Coach A1 Arbour to the Prince of Wales Conferteam. Also added to the ence all-stsquad, which will face the Campbell Conference in the 37th All-StGame Jose, Matt Fleming scored 18 points in next Tuesday night, were Calgary and grabbed five rebounds San Jose defensemen Bill Hajt of the Buffalo State to a PCAA victory over Pacific. Sabres and Mark Howe of the PhilaThe Spartans raised their record to Flyers. Additions at forward 0 overall and 6 in the delphia included Bryan Trottier of the New conference. York Islanders, Ron Francis of the Hartford Whalers, Anders Hedberg of USC 60, Oregon St 58: At Corvalthe New York Rangers and Mike lis, guard Larry Friend flipped in an Gartner of the Washington Capitals. shot in the key at the Wilkes Sidelined: Forward buzzer to give Southern Cal the vicWiikes of the Los Angeles Laktory over the Beavers and sole possession of first place in the Pacific 10 ers will be sidelined for the remainConference. The victory boosted der of the season because of torn Southern Cals record to 2 in conferligaments in his left knee, the NBA ence play. team announced. All-Star- s: ar ar ar 5-- 10-1- Ja-ma- al 7-- San Jose 76, Pacific 46: At San at Mei Experts Wednesday , February 27 7:00 p.m. Cross Country Waxing Made Easy Dave Carter from Brighton Touring Center will show you how easy waxing really is. 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