| Show WkiA0o-vevAimloVO400- roN160Ppv'000touvVho 14 -- re 2rbtallfakeZribunt 7 ) s1-7JSports Desk: 0 0 k& t WEDNESDAY June 237-207- 0 CLASSIFIEDS CROSSWORD 9 1993 D1 COMMENT Bulls vs Suns ON SPORTS Mike vs Charles? It's Not So Simple NBA Chicago and Phoenix begin their Finals series tonight at the AmericaWest Arena in Phoenix The Suns with the leagues best record have home court advantage throughout the Finals best-of-sev- CHICAGO - ' By Bob MOM ran ettin DICK ROSETTA Bulls To Overshadow 484 416 Bulls in Finds 726 1004 From the guy who brought you the Oakland A's sweep of the Cincinnati Reds in the 1990 World Series BYU's win over Kansas in the 1992 Aloha Bowl and Seattle's one-wi- n NBA playoff run a month ago (all of which translates to Field goal pct 473 pct Free throw pct Pointsgame Opponents pointsgame Reboundsgame 340°A 67 Assistsgame Stealsgame 408 238 78 41 Blocksgame 81 211 Suns have played Bulls have played 13 games 18 games -- re I - 11 t) - $ e) ‘ it 1111 Ii times Ail 1959-6- MDT Column D-- 3 - 4 - A Field goal pct 383 pct Free throw pct 323 Pointsgame 59 58 22 10 Reboundsgame - ' 117-04m-r 858(10 t --- '': Al'h 456 "Obviously Michael and I are going to play well" said Barkley who broke Jordan's string of El See r Mlitlielliinta necessory 'to T --- - ira-- ' ---- 6 - f- 478 216 778 263 138 38 Assistsgame Stealsgame 18 12 Blocksgame 1 r Knight-Ridde- 1iNiM championship? As the chortling subsides there are substantive reasons to figure it's time the Bulls grip relinquish their on the NBA's gold hardware I like the Suns' homecourt advantage even though the format finals are a placing immense pressure on the Suns to hold serve through the first two games tonight and Friday So the Suns lost the first two games of the 1993 playoffs to the LA Laker& That they came back to win three straight speaks volumes for the tenacity of this team even more than the Bulls winning in New York And remember that last Saturday a grundle of gurus were expostulating that Seattle would beat Phoenix in the America West Arena for the West title A Suns' rout quieted that chatter I like Charles Barkley in Jordan the Barkley-Michacomparisons Not that Barkley is better than the "greatest" but Sir Charles has that insatiable appetite for a ring something he's never had and something Jordan has two of had 44 points in both of the previous games between the teams this year He could get 44 — or more — again and again But Barkley can score a lot and he's a cinch to come up with twice as many rebounds as Jordan If only Sir Charles can keep his mouth shut and preserve his energy for battling Bulls' musclemen Horace Grant Bill Cartwright Stacey King SE Co The Bulls have Olympian go:Ate Pippen behind Jordan You gotta like the guy WithJordan notout Pippen withstanding — there's no way Chicago beats the Knicks n But after Jordan and reBulls "normal" only main in Grant Cartwright King Scott Williams John Paxon and BJ Armstrong Even without the injured Cedric Ceballos I like the Suns' supporting cast of Kevin Johnson Dan Majerle Danny Ainge Richard Dumas Mark West Tom Chambers and Oliver Miller better History shows us or at least some sage wrote it once that you have to lose one before you win one That is to say in the case of Phoenix they have to lose an NBA final round before they win one Well they did lose to Boston in the 1976 finals Obviously nobody on this Suns team remembers that but when you're reaching for reasons to validate your pick you can utilize Ripley's Believe It Or Not if need be Believe it or not the Phoenix offense will hold sway over the Chicago defense — and Jordan's offense Wishful — or foolish — thinking or not it'll be the Suns in seven for the franchise's first NBA title two-ye- - r0-both- r Chicago at Phoenix 7 pm Friday: Chicago at Phoenix 7 pm Juno 13: Phoenix at Chicago 5 pm Juno 16: Phoenix at Chicago 7 pm 18: Phoenix at Chicago 7 pm 20: Chicago at Phoenix 5 pm 23: Chicago at Phoenix 7 pm — I parlay): How about the Phoenix Suns over the Chicago Bulls in seven games for the NBA ar el Yes-Jordan Pip-pe- Kings Hope to Turn Anger on Canadiens — - - r' ': i: r "' f4 71 : 4400Act:: : I Pt1 f 413- ' i -- f :' :' ''' I ' t 'of' r - 15' - ':1 71" - : 't:-1 r - — 't4i I Ie '' ' xt' 7- '''' pe :? 4 - 0 ' r- t e : '4 ' ' : ''''' : '4ee' : - - --' ' --- wg e i''!' o0e Jr i " : 0::'C 'z'fP:5 1 AO l'''''!r'''' -- :re t 't "7''' t kr" i 33 '1 t A 4 : I" l': 1 1 ' c 'Iii ' - 1 ' t:: s "'''' : - d - ' 1'' trt i 1011 t - ' Jr 4 '2- ' :'' i -1- 00- -) ''4 lp ' ' '!: '' ' - ' ' '' r '‘'- —"' r'' - t ii- :':'3-- self-pit- y : : - i' A - : ''''' 1 't ' - 1 i - :‘ '' 4 4''''' 1" Ak N '34 fr 17-6- 'i7 ' Is': game-winne- STANLEY CUP FINALS Los Angeles vs Montreal (Montreal leads series Gam 1: Los Angeles 4 Montreal N Game 2: Montreal 3 Los Angeles 2 (01) E Game 3: Montreal 4 Los Angeles 3 (0T) Gam 4: Montreal 3 Los Angeles 2 (01) Tonight LA at Montreal 530 pm Wan 12: Montreal at LA 6:40 pm 15: LA ai Montreal 5:30 pm :: : ' - ‘' e44 '' ' " j I:441' ' ' ' ''- ' : 71 - fie'' ' ' I ' T rr '' 514 k '1 N! ‘' AA 4 t I HartmannThe Salt Lake Tribune Snagging Most Valuable Player honors on the 1993 Tribune high school baseball team are from left Murray's Brett Siebenberg Taylorsville's Matt Rex and Gunnison's Ryan Dailey They each led their school to a state championship all-sta- te Quality Players Build State Baseball Championships By Jay Drew In Murray they call it 53rd South In Tay- represented well on The Salt Lake Tribune's 1993 baseball team And that begins at the top where Taylorsville's Matt Rex Murray's Brett Siebenberg and Gunnison's Ryan Dailey have been present- ed Most Valuable Player honors by The Tribune for leading their teams to state titles Rex Siebenberg and Dailey will receive D2 Baseball Teams THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE all-sta- te Each school padded its trophy case two weeks ago when Taylorsville claimed its fifth Class title and Murray its fourth 3- A crown Some 120 miles south Gunnison took home its fifth gold baseball trophy by cap- lorsville it's 54th Whatever the case the street is home to more than its share of Utah high school baseball trophies That's because two of the state's top baseball powers — Murray and Taylorsville — are located just a few miles apart on that fertile stretch in the middle of the Salt Lake 4-- state championship turing the Not surprisingly all three schools are 2-- Valley IN - He Doesn't Exactly Fit In But Clearwater Still a Hit By 4 - tt ' Kurt Kragthorpe THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JEREMY RANCH — Keith Clearwater was known as "Chief" to his Brigham Young University golf teammates has a dark complexion and carries a Indian name The PGA Tour player from Orem was a natural to appear at Tuesday's Great American Indian Shootout And just how much Native American blood does Clearwater have? "None" he said Turns out if his Dutch name were not Americanized "Keith Kleinwasser" would be appearing on PGA Tour leaderboards "Everyone thinks it's Indian" he said of the modern version Indian or not Clearwater was willing to join the traditional hosts Johnny Miller and Senior PGA Tour player Rod Curl a Wintu Indian at chilly Jeremy Ranch Golf Course for a clinic and tournament for the Provo-baseas part of the scholarship American Indian Services Miller's team of Gov Mike Leavitt Glen Overton Doug Marriott and event founder Paul Ream won 56 the scramble tournament with a Curl's group tied for fifth with a 59 and Clearwater's IA as in the middle of the field at 64 Clearwater is taking a week off to rest for the US Open next week at Baltusrol Country Club in Springfield NJ He leads the players on the tour at No 35 on the money list ($245959) but was locked in a putting slump until breaking out with a course-recor61 at the recent Southwestern Bell " ' - - A iVii ' : ' 4 ! ' U See Column 2 D-- 2 1 MIAMI — Twenty years ago tennis player Billie Jean King focused the nation's attention on women's sports by defeating a man Before shocking chauvinists with her straight-se- t victory in the "Battle of the Sexes" King gave Bobby Riggs a live piglet Riggs declared "I'm fighting for guys who are getting married soon The girls should stay in the bedroom and the kitchen because they are inferior in the world of competition" The match was a sensation attracting millions of TV viewers who saw a daring challenge to the status quo "It was a pivotal tumultuous time for the women's movement" said King now 50 "I'd say 90 percent of the people were betting I'd lose but I proved women are not always the ones who crack under pressure" d 111 Column MIAMI HERALD d er D-- 2 By Linda Robertson unding fund-rais- See Women Athletes Still Dodging Men's Shadows classic-so- necessary times MDT --'" c Al Jeff AllredThe Salt Lake Tribune 113 Ail — ' vantage" goal-tend- er 0 - - : - :vr1- -" " ' 1 ' - le- - ''' ? 111 '" o- 'IVAIF ' - i - 141 ) ':''t'lvt :4 ''''': I ''' - xv- i 2 The big question the Kings face is whether they can harness enough anger to somehow get to Patrick Roy Montreal's impenetrable They dominated the 14 minutes 37 seconds of overtime Monday but Roy stopped the 10 shots he faced and John LeClair then scored the r by banking the puck in off the left skate of King defenseman Darryl Sydor The problem for the Kings is Roy and the Canadiens' defense limit second shots the shots even a goalie as talented as Roy can be vulnerable to "There's no better goaltender in hockey right now than Patrick Roy" Canadien coach Jacques Demers said "There were doubts at one time last year and doubts at one time earlier this season But he's the best in hockey now" Now he's one victory from another Cup the Canadiens' first since 1986 40- ' 1'''''''''-:"I- - - tt4sC' 1 - - ' ) - Jo--- ' ' ' i ''''!'17 1 - ' - J t 77' - 3 :' -- ' V ' 1 40 '0 -- - - at 4 ' ' t ii i33brkosottespoo : A : ftA ''' ' 1 4::! in ':'' -- 4 - "i1 4!!tr -- 40 - N ' 1t -- c '''"qv - tr '": ' ir- !:'lei -- 4 - ''"'3 :C:': :t'1"! ' ft :' 331 !4 ' :' als tonight at the Montreal Forum Wasn't it just six nights ago that lead they were about to take a in the series until Marty McSorley's stick curvature changed everything? Three overtime defeats later the Kings are faced with series trying to overcome a deficit a deficit overcome just once in Finals history by the 1942 Maple Leafs against Detroit The emotion the Kings were trying to harness after Monday's overtime loss at the Forum in Game 4 was not They didn't want congratulatory pats on the back for a nice try No Coach Barry Melrose was urging his players to be irate not inconsolable Of the mood of the team Melrose said: "It's angry And that's good because we played hard That's the time that you should feel that way Sometimes when you don't play well you go in there and you hang your head and it doesn't help We played very well in Game 4 We've got to do it again" When asked if the Kings are angry goalie Kelly Hrudey said "I hope so Anger is a good feeling to have in sports if you learn how to channel it and turn it to your ad3-- ' Arr shell-shocke- 3-- ::' - ' MONTREAL — The Los Anged les Kings must be feeling as they prepare f or the fifth game of the Stanley Cap Fin- 2-- " 1' A : NEWS SERVICE KNIGHT-RIDDE- go-rou- Keith Clearwater one of name players in Great American Indian Shootout chips onto green In the 20 years since that milestone the number of girls partici E See D5 Column 1 - msommái4 Malone on Modeling e Charles Barkley of the Phoenix Suns cannot abdicate the office of "role model" says Karl Malone forward counsels Barkley in The Utah Jazz the "Point After" column of the June 14 Sports Illustrated "Charles you can deny being a role model all you want but I don't think it's your decision to make" Malone says "We don't choose to be role models we are chosen Our only choice is whether to be a good role model or a bad one" Malone loves being a role model he says: "If someone uses my name in that way it's an honor" He concludes "Barkley is a role model — and a good one too And if he gets that NBA championship ring this year I might just make him my role model" l''- t - - American League ' A - 1 11 all-st- 4fLOtb IS--- r t Phoenix vs Chicago p 1031 gold-med- 0 Tonight Charles Barkley And even the NBA's marketing department couldn't have drawn up a better story line for the 1993 NBA Finals than a match-ubetween Sir Charles and The Quiet Man But the way the subplots unfold will decide whether this story ends with the Suns' first world championship or with the Chicago Bulls becoming the first team to win more than two straight championships since the Boston Celtics won seven straight from 747 1042 The 1992 Olympic teammates lead their respective clubs into the NBA Finals How they compare in the 4 N441993 playoffs: it NBA FINALS PHOENIX — The marquee will say Michael Jordan vs Suns 918 382 Young ARIZONA REPUBLIC 111111111111 903113Yoff Suns Have Tools an - Jordan vs Barkley A -- L:I - Karl Malone t Cleveland 5 Boston 4 Toronto 14 California 6 Baltimore 6 Oakland 4 Detroit at Chicago late Milwaukee 2 Seattle 1 Minnesota 3 Texas 2 New York 9 Kansas City 4 - National League St Louis 4 San Francisco 3 Montreal 4 Cincinnati 2 44 ee Houston 6 Philadelphia 3 Colorado 4 Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 5 New York 1 San Diego 5 Atlanta 4 Los Angeles 2 Florida 1 TV Allen May Join Montana tift: I t7--- The Kansas City Chiefs who have been pursuing a news conference today amid speculation they would sign the former Los Angeles Raiders star Allen 33 the Raiders' career rushing leader and g the NIL's MVP in 1985 owns running and abilities that would fit nicely with the offense the Chiefs are installing behind newly acquired quarter back Joe Montana In his career all with the Raiders Allen had 8545 yards rushing and 3938 yards receiving Hampered by injuries he carried only 67 times for 301 yards last season He and Raiders owner Al Davis had a public feud and Allen had vowed not to return free agent running back Marcus Allen called pass-catchin- Sports ORDi 2 pm — College World Series LSU vs Long Beach St 5:30 pm — Stanley Cup Ca Championship Kings at Canadiens (2) 7 pm — NBA Finals Bulls at Suns L(- Ili ''- A l-i- Marcus Allen IP A AA 1 |
