Show 7' c i i A0 j ::iu"r'J-i- : r- - ' - ' ? zl-C- zr v A A B& IT V V F U& A V 14 yy y 1 ny- i D2 Jazz to Lose Some Sparks said he was a little surprised when the franchise was moved from New Orleans to Utah Spark With Head in 1979 Trainer Retiring Utah roots Id been here before but all I could think of was move from Bourbon Street to Temple Square? He expects his fingers dubbed magic by longtime Jazz broadcaster Hot Rod Hundley to be itchy for the profession once he gets away Id like to stay close to my business and Ill probably bug Mr Miller for a Jazz ticket now and then Mr Miller being Larry Miller owner of the Jazz who said Sparks could probably relax now H Continued From D-- l And he leaves with almost that many memories Especially of Pistol Pete Mara- -' vich the franchise's first super-sta- r Pete was in New Orleans those duels he had special with Earl Monroe in New York And the time in New Orleans when the Jazz only had seven players to suit up because of a taxi accident Pete went out and scored 60 or 70 points that night and we won Sparks recalled Sparks the Western Conference game trainer in 1982 1992 and on his homecourt in Utah in 1993 said he often had players play with pain most reJohn Stock- cently Jazz ton John had a lot of little injuries ' that have never been discussed said Sparks I never knew until game time whether hed play or not Same thing with Karl All-St- ar All-St- ar I The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Saturday June GAME SUMMARY Knicks Keep Miller Under Control This Time should have known better H Continued From knowing owner Sam Battistones D-- 4 1994 l best-of-- 7 PQ Percentages: maybe was out fishing with him and he said it was his way of relaxing I saw him set up two poles steady them in a fork prop and attach a little bell on each of them Then he went to sleep Yes he was re- S17 ers ahead for the first time and that failure gave the Knicks heart It was getting kind of scary Starks said We thought he was going to put them ahead but he came up a little short Pacers coach Larry Brown agreed that Millers miss was an emotional turning point I thought the Knicks were getting a little tight and their shot selection was off a little Brown said Then we had Reggie on the line to put us ahead but he missed and Harper made the big shot who averaged Starks an 19 points has struggled in the Indiana series making just 346 percent of his shots in the first five games while being overshadowed by Miller But he regained his form Friday night making eight of 11 shots inatcluding his first five three-poitempts He also constantly fought through picks and kept him Miller from getting open shots in the fourth 857 FT Percentages FG 417 FT 718 I Goals: Three-Poi- (Starks Indiana 6 New 73 (Miller 2 7 All-St- 462 York HDavtsO-- Anthony Harper Workman 12 Fleming McKey Team Rebounds New York 8 IrxSana 10 Blocked Shots New York 4 (Strath 2 Mason Anthony) Indiana 3 (McKey A Davis Fleming) New York 24 (Mason 9 Oakley 5 Turnover Ewing 4 Smith Harper Starks H Davis Bonner team) Indiana 20 (D Davis 4 Srrats 4 Miller 3 Workman 3 Fleming 3 McKey A Davis ICWil laxed said Miller Sparks said his only regret was close but no cigar a reference to leaving pro ball without a I feel we championship ring should still be playing this year Layden said the Jazz would like to name Sparks replacement by the end of July nt Kams) Steal New York 17 (Harper 5 Mason 5 Starks 3 Smrth 2 Ewing Anthony) Indiana 1 (Miller 4 McKey 2 Fleming 2 D Davis Strati Workman) New York Indiana A 16 33 31 529 Officials T 25 20 22 18 18 22 - quarter 98 91 Starks had an incredible game especially considering what Reggie did in the previous game against 240 Dared Garettson Ed T Rush ar Jess Kersey Fifth-seede- d fourth-seede- 6-- t l ' Texas A&M 62 705 15 Todd Petty60653 16 Ryan Werner Liberty 60 653 Decathlon Long Jump 14 Richard Hamson john liberty 1 Billy Schufenhaur Weber State 24 feet 0 Inches 93 1 Robert Pendergist Mourt St Mary's 240 693 3 Mono Sategna Louisiana State 236 8514 Bobby Tonker Tennessee 234 840 6 Patnck Anderson Southwest Texas State 231 823 6 Enoch Borozinskl Nevada 230 821 7 Chod Smith Tennessee 22-799 8 James Dunkle 776 9 Ron McCown Stephen F berger Wisconsin 22-Austin State 22-- 5 774 10 Mike Bailey Nebraska 22 2 757 11 Richard Hamson Texas A&M 11 Tommy Richards Stephen F Austin State 21-713 13 Louis Htr 711 14 Ryan Werner liberty 20 show Wisconsin 21-11 15 Dave Cook VlHanovo 20-650 16 Todd Petty 606 17 Enc Lander Clemson 184 lohn Liberty 1911 504 Jason latfimore Princeton No Mark Decathlon - Shot Put 774 Pafilck Andersson Southwest Texas State 48-755 3 BHIy Schuffoo 1 Enoch Borozmski Nevada 47-hour Weber State 45-711 4 Tommy Richards Ste 5 Ron McCown Stephen F phenF Austin State Austin State 42-- 6 667 Robert Pendergist Mount St 1 6 d three-pointe- 80-7- 2 88-8- 6 1 91-9- 0 95-9- 1 Wildcat Decathlete Keeps His Cool Leads NCAAs Results Friday in the NCAA Outdoor Irock and Reid Championships at Boise State (all race distances in meters) MEN 1 top-seede- 8-- NCAA TRACK MEET 400 Hurdles final 1 Octavius Terry Georgia Tech 49 85 2 Mltchel Francis 49 3 86 Clemson Jean Paul Barwier Southern California 5037 4 Winston Sinclair Southwestern Louisiana SO 51 5 Joey Woody Northern Iowa 50 52 6 Derek Spears Texas 5057 7 Pedro Rodrigues Southern California 51 06 8 John Rotheil Rondo State 5730 Rnal 400 Relay 1 Louisiana State (Eddie Kennison Bryant Williams Derrick Thymes Fabian Muyaba) 3891 2 Kentucky 3694 3 Houston 3900 4 Texas-E- l Paso 3909 5 Arkansas 3937 6 Ohio State 39 43 7 Ronda State 39 47 8 UCLA 39 77 800 Rnal 1 Jose Parrilia Tennessee 1 4601 2 Marko Koers Illinois 1 4644 3 Alex Morgan George Mason 1 4695 4 Tommy Asinga Eastern Michigan 14728 5 Conrad Nichols Georgia Tech 14737 6 Shaun Benefield Georgia 147 62 7 Joseph Chepsrror Iowa State 1 4828 8 bran don Rock Nevada 14881 3000 Steeplechase Rnal 1 Jim Svenoy Texas-E- l Paso 8 41 22 2 Mark Johansen Iowa State 3 Drozdov 58 Dmitry Bngham Young 845 84614 4 Passmore Furusa Louisiana State 84656 5 Sam Wilbur Dartmouth 8 46 77 6 Mike Tansley Cal 85148 7 Chad Disbennett Cincinnati 85345 8 Robert Cook Virginia 8 53 53 9 Robert Gray Ohio State 10 Jose Gonzalez North Carolina State 85552 85503 11 RickJaster Bngham Young 90048 1Z Matt Godfrey 16 Weber State Pole Vault Rnal 1 Nick 2 Biil Deermg Hysortg Arizona State 16-- 8 3 Mark Buse Indiana 4 Kevin 7 Brown North Carolina 18-- 0 5 Tim Mock Tennessee 7 Wayne Guidry 6 David Cox Fresno State Tim Texas 8 9 Martin James Texas Tech 10 Daren McDonough IllEncksson Minnesota 17-11 Shaun Downey 12 JJ Purdue 174 inois 174 13 (fie) Lance White Utah State Mike Miller Texas 174 AJbnnck doormat! John Bazzoo Kansas 17-16 Jeff Lawrence Johnson Tennessee Bray Ronda State 17-No Height Adorn Smith Tennessee No Height Decathlon Standings after five events 1 Billy Schuffenhaur Weber State 4203 points 2 Erxh Borozinskl Nevada 4063 3 Robert Pendergist Mount SI Mary's 4 034 4 Pa nek Andersson Southwest Texas State 4 015 5 Chad Smith Tennessee 3 903 6 Ron McCown Stephen F Austin State 3883 7 Mano Sategna Louisiana State 3 864 8 James Dunklebergor Wisconsin 3821 9 Bobby Tonker Tennessee 3819 10 Mike Bailey Nebraska 3771 11 Tommy Richards Stephen F Austin State 3 738 12 Louis Hmshaw Wisconsin 3 737 13 Richard Harrison Texas A&M 3635 14 Ryan Werner Liberty 3626 16 Dave Cook Villanova 3482 16 Todd Pettyjohn 3 71 17 Eric Lander Clemson 1885 Libei 100 Decathlon 1 Enoch Borozinskl Nevada 10 82 901 2 Chod Smith 10 88 3 868 Tennessee Robert Pendergist Mount St Mary's 1104 852 4 James Dunklebergor Wisconsin 11 05 850 5 Pafilck Andersson Southwest Texas State 11 10 838 6 Billy Schuffenhaur Weber State 1112 834 7 Mario Sategna Louisiana State 11 14 630 6 Ryan Werner Liberty 11 19 819 9 Louis Hinshaw Wisconsin 1121 814 10 Bobby Tonker Tennessee 1121 814 11 Tommy Richards Stephen F Austin State 11 29 797 12 Richard Hamson Texas A&M 1132791 13 Mike Bailey Nebraska 1136 78214 Ron McCown Stephen F Austin State 1144 765 15 Todd Pettyjohn Liberty 1147 759 16 Jason Princeton 1149 755 17 Enc Lander Clemson 11 61 728 18 Dave Cook Villanova 11 73 705 400 Decathlon 1 Mike Bailey Nebraska 48 75 873 2 Billy Schufferv hour Weber State 48 86 868 3 Todd Pettyjohn Liberty 4894 864 4 Ryan Werner Liberty 4921 851 5 Chad Smith Tennessee 4943 841 6 James Dunklebergor Wisconsin 49 63 831 7 Patnck Andersson Southwest Texas State 4985 821 8 Robert Pendergist Mount St Mary's 5005 812 9 Ron McCown Stephen F Austin State 50 13 809 10 Mario Sategna Louisiana State 5025 803 11 Louis Hinshaw Wisconsin 50 61 787 11 Enoch Borozinskl Nevada 50 92 773 13 Tommy Richards Stephen F Austin State 5093 14 Richard Hamson Texas A&M 5131 755 15 Dave Cook Villanova 5178 691 16 Bobby Tonker Tennessee 5322 672 Decathlon High Jump 4 Billy Schuffenhaur Weber State 0 896 2 Ron 868 3 Bobby McCown Stephen F Austin State 9 Tonker Tennessee 64 $40 4 Enoch Borozinskl Nevoda 67 813 5 Robert Pendergist Mount St Mary's 67 813 6 Louts Hinshaw Wisconsin 66 785 7 Mike Bailey Nebra785 8 Dave Cook Villanova 66 785 9 Chad ska Smrth Tennessee 64 758 10 Patnck Andersson Souttv west Texas State 64 758 1 1 Tommy Richards Stephen F Austin State 64 758 12 McnoStegna Louisiana State 63 731 13 Jomes Dunkleberger Wisconsin 63 731 d n BOISE ' York which dodged another bitter playoff defeat The Knicks believed the path to the Finals was open when they beat which eliminated New Chicago York the previous three years The Knicks lost to the Bulls in last years conference finals with two wins followed by four consecutive losses a fate that was avoided with Fridays outcome r in the first Millers minute of the second half pulled the Pacers who trailed by 13 in the third and had the boisquarter to terous crowd screaming for a repeat of his Game 5 fourth quarter But he couldnt sustain the effort this time although it wasnt for lack of trying His jumper with 555 left his two closed the Pacers to with 3:03 free throws made it to go and he tied it with another free throw after missing the first attempt with 2:06 remaining But Indiana never scored again as Harpers foul line jumper put the Knicks ahead to stay Starks followed with a steal and free throw and another steal by Harper led to another free throw making it with 25 seconds left him Brown said The Pacers three victories after series with two starting the losses in New York had them thinking upset for the third time in the playoffs Indiana eliminated Orlando and Atlanta in the previous two rounds of the Eastern Conference playoffs The Knicks beat the Pacers in all four regular-seasomeetings reand finished with the second-bes- t cord in the conference Now however the Pacers hopes for a first trip to the NBA Finals with the Houston Rockets waiting rest on winning Sunday at New York where the Knicks are 1 in the postseason after losing to Indiana on Wednesday The Pacers are at home in the playoffs History is on the Knicks side as the home team has won the last 18 Game 7s a streak that dates to 1982 We feel we can go down there and steal another one Miller said It would have been nice to end it here but now we have to do it the hard way This is what the playoffs are all about Rik Smits scored 18 points for Indiana and Patrick Ewing 17 for New H Continued From D-- Big Sky Conference athlete to do l it But he must overcome an elbow injury that hampers his pole vault and javelin throw If hes able to perform in those two events he should be right in it said WSU coach Chick Hislop Schuffenhaur set a personal record Friday in the 400 meters which he ran in 48 86 He ran the 100 in 1112 high jumped and long jumped shot put lieve it I was catching people Johansens teammate Rick Jaster didnt fare so well He was 11th in 9:0048 ahead of Weber States Matt Godfrey in 9:0416 R Tonya Todd of BYU made a strong push in the womens 3000 before fading to fifth in 9:2826 With 1200 meters left Todd made a move to catch UCLAs Karen Hecox the eventual winner and Oklahomas Kay Gooch She cut an lead to 40 before 0 45-O- 24-- I came into this meet to win he said er slowing Among other Utahns who com- At the 300 mark I thought Oh my gosh I might be able to get said Todd a senior them All of a sudden these girls peted Friday: R Lance White of Utah State cleared the opening height of 17-in the pole vault but missed three times at 4 R BYUs Tiffany Lott after finishing sixth in the heptathlon finished last in the Thursday javelin with her 139-throw R Tracy Dulmage of USU failed to qualify for the triple jump finals She jumped 41-which was actually better than the Bronco Stadium record she owned before this meet 0 came 17-4V- R Craig Lawson of BYU finished fifth in the 10000 behind a fantastic finish that saw Arkansas Teddy Mitchell blow past 4 Washington States Josephat Weber States Billy Schuffenhaur strains mightily to toss the shot put more than 43 feet Friday 0 653 664 7 Bobby Tonker Tennessee Mary's 42-0 8 Enc lander Clemson 653 9 Dave Cook Villarv 651 10 Mario Sategna Louisiana State 41-- 7 ova 41-648 11 Richard Hamson Texas A&M 41-643 11 640 13 James Dunkte-bergLouis Hinshaw Wisconsin 41-Wisconsin 40-631 14 Ryan Werner Liberty 40-- 7 617 16 Todd 630 15 Chad Smith Tennessee 17 Mike Bailey Nebraska 37-- 7 Pettyjohn Liberty 30-574 Final 400 Hurdles 1 Debbie Parris Louisiana State 5654 seconds 1 KeH sha MArvtn UCLA 5662 3 Kim Blair Pittsburgh 5747 6 Lade Akmreml Arizona State 57 68 5 Pom Brooks Rice 57 86 6 Stacy Hudson Mississippi 5859 7 Erica Peterson Notre Dame 58 64 8 Tonya Williams Illinois 83 400 Relay Rnal HiH D Zundra Pams Louisiana Andre State 1 (Debbie Feogn Cheryl Tapim) 4326 1 Tennessee 43 95 3 Indiana State 44 19 4Baytor4435 5 North Carolina 44 49 6 Iowa 44647Mami-fknda4518 Alabama 46 87 00 Rnal 1 Inez Turner Southwest Texas State 201 50 1 Amy WIckus Wisconsin 202 70 3 Tosha Woodward Villanova 20353 4 Jennifer Buckley Kent 20354 5 Vicky Lynch 7 6 Kim Toney Arizona State Alabama Abby Hunte ViHanova 104 94 8 Diana Pitts Coppln State 20731 3000 Rnal 63 2 Kay Gooch Oklahoma Karen Hecox UCLA 58 4 Nicole 9 27 07 3 Courtney Boboock Michigan Aleskowftch Rice 927 89 3 Tonya Todd Bngham Young 92626 6 Natalie Davey Providence 92849 7 Matin ON 86 8 Laura Woetter 00(06)19-3809 kind Alabama Joiine Stoeheii Georgetown 94536 10 Milena Giusac Oregon 94763 11 Susanna Matson North Carolina 60 947 95 11 Tina Stea Iowa Rnal Javelin 1 Valerie Tulloch Rice 187 feet 7 fitches 1 Jen McCor3 Kristen Dunn Cat mick Stanford 172-1 4 Michelle 167-- 1 Stirrett Texas A&M 5 Kristen 166-1- Kansas State 16411 6 TerN Paiovuori Texas-E- l 7 Leslie Coons South Carolina 1639 6 Laura Paso 160-1- 1 Kruse Washington 9 Deana Alexander Wichita State 160-- 10 Monika Parker Washington 159-- 11 Mar11 Elena Primerana cia Chmura South Carolina 158-Rutgers 156-- 1 13 Carrie Stewart Michigan 156-- 0 14 Ke15 Celeste McVey Southern lsey Steiick Oregon 155-California 152-- 3 16 Kamber Bockman Wyoming 151-- 5 17 Nicole Engstrom Arizona 150-13 Nicole Haynes 19 Price Russell North CarolSouthern California 149-120 Kim Poche Tutane 142-121 Tiffany Lott ina 144-Schultz 164-- Bngham Young 139-- 4 Kapkory for a 29:3654 victory Lawson ran 30:0631 Chris Jones of WSU was eighth in 30:2048 Schuffenhaur though was the Utah highlight If he wins the decathlon today hell be the first 6 Tennessee Senior Claims Third Straight 800 Title No Surprise By Michael C Lewis THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE BOISE WOMEN 0 Marko Koers had a plan but Jose Panlla had a kick two-tim- And now Parilla has his third straight NCAA championship in the 800 meters something nobody has done since 1939 Its great to be a part of history he said Friday at the NCAA Track & Field Championships at Boise States Bronco Stadium The Tennessee seniors inhuman kick did it for him Running in fifth place and trailing by seven meters with 150 to go Panlla turned on the final sprint that has made him the greatest 800 man in the NCAAs history He veered out to lane three coming off the turn striding as if the race had just begun and passing everybody like they were standing still He caught the fading Koers with about 30 meters to go and fimshed in 1 minute 4601 seconds I knew my striking distance Parilla said And I knew the people I was running against Koers the 1993 NCAA 1500 champion from Illinois knew something too His strategy failed I tried to make him tired on the first lap said Koers who ran the opening 400 in 5149 and finished in 1:4644 I couldnt make him tired enough And he got it from the 8892 fans at Bronco Stadium who witnessed more than a thrilling 800 After 11 mens events Tennessee leads with e 31 points followed by defending champion Arkansas (29) Texas-E- l Paso (23) and Southern Cal (20) After 10 womens event LSU has 33 points to Tennessees 28 and UCLAs 24 Among the individual highlights: H Arizona States Nick Hysong won a pole vault duel with Miamis Bill Deering by clearing 18 feet 8 inches before missing three times at R Karen Hecox of UCLA dashed past favored Kay Gooch of Oklahoma with 350 meters to go in the womens 3000 for a victory in 9:2263 H Louisiana State won its third straight mens 400 relay title running 3891 to edge Kentucky which ran 3894 H Valerie Tulloch of Ri'-- became the third repeat champion in the javelin with a throw of 19-3V- & 73-ye- The Associated Pres one for each Three fingers Jose in Parrillas career championship 800-met- Thats not to say Parilla feU like a million bucks My true thoughts cant be in the papers he said Parilla became the first three-tim- e winner since John Woodruff of Pittsburgh in 1937-3- 9 fans to say Damn Panlla said gest compliment I can get I want that guy run I loved to watch Thats the big- e 187-- 7 R LSUs women won their third straight title in the 400 relay in 4326 H Teddy Mitchell of Arkansas ran the last 400 meters in 615 seconds to upset Washington States Josephat Kapkory in the 10000 catching Kapkory with 90 meters to go and winning in 29:3954 Canucks Bure Vows to Make sSycupRnals Salt Lake Fencing Building Strong Relationship Canucks Rangers Joe Baird fencing platform especially TODAYS SCHFDl IE Presence Felt in Vancouver with an International vs ' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS British Colum-bi- a The Russian Rocket is ready for liftoff Pavel Bure held scoreless on six shots in the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals is back in Vancouver and ready to make a major impact in Game 3 Its always better to play at home said Bure whose Canucks meet the New York Rangers on series today with the tied at one game apiece I played much better in Game 2 Bure whose second straight 60- goal season made him the NHLs in top regular-seaso1993-9was practically invisible in the first game of the series He had only two soft shots against goalie Mike Richter And he was m place to assist on Greg Adams winning goal in overtime only because he was caught out of : VANCOUVER best-of-- 7 n 4 goal-scor- er position moments earlier when New Yorks Brian Leetch hit the crossbar behind Canucks goalie Kirk McLean In Game 2 Bure was much more active The right wing had four shots including two that forced Richter to make acrobatic saves and also hit the crossbar with a shot that could have given the Canucks a 1 second-periolead Instead New Yorks Glenn Anderson scored and the Rangers went on to wm The Canucks badly outplayed Tuesday won only because of McLean's spectacular goaltending They played the Rangers much more evenly Thursday In the first game we were awful said Bure who leads playoff scorers with 13 goals Right now we are playing much better We still lost but it is a good sign For the most part the Rangers 2-- 3-- d 1 4 B Game 1 B Same 2 B Tonight B Tuesday B Thursday 11 B 14 B AH Vancouver By 3 New York 2 (OT) New York 3 Vancouver New York at Vancouver 6 pm New Yortc at Vancouver 7 pm Vancouver at N V 6 p m 1 N Y at Vancouver 6pm Vancouver at N Y 6 p m x Times MDT if necessary have succeeded at giving little space to Bure and his linemates Adams and Trevor Linden Rather than shadowing Bure with one player Rangers coach Mike Keenan has matched the Linden line with his top unit of Mark Messier Adam Graves and either Alexei Kovalev or Anderson The matchup that seems to be desired here and I havent tried was Messier to change it said Canucks against Linden coach Pat Quinn who wouldn't say if he would try to avoid the matchup today t THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The United States Fencing Association apparently had a good time when it staged its national championships in Sait Lake City four years ago Theyre back The 1994 USFA championships begin today at the Salt Palace Convention Center at 8 am The tournament features eight-damore than 1000 of the nations including around top fencers 30 from Utah Theyll compete in 29 events and crown 21 individual and team champions before the tourney ends on June 11 Admission for all events is free Salt Lake City originally bid for 1990 USFA championships as a way to enhance its Olympic profile The event was so well reto ceived it was a Ron to back according bring it Hendricks chairman of the Salt Lake tournament committee y FEINCING Olympic At th Sett Palace Mens Epee DMsksnB Sam am pm 1 Senior pm Mens foil Division Mens Sabre Senkx 11 30 1 Womens Sabre Men s Fbl Senior 3 30 o nv Women's Foil Senior 3 30 pm The USFA was pretty impressed said Hendricks What we tried to do was provide them with a great stage We had a great volunteer effort the media was terrific and we got a lot of corporate support In return Salt Lake City gets the equivalent of a convention These people arent here for just one night noted Hendricks Theyre here for three or four nights and theyre spending money while theyre here So there is an economic impact And Salt Lake Citys Wmter Olympic bid committee will again try to take advantage of their good-size- d Committee member expected to visit during the championships Once the competition begins participants will battle with three different weapons foil sabre and epee Five national champions will be crowned in Division I (elite) team and under-1- 9 events while six titles will be awarded in Division II (developmental) competition The womens team sabre and under-1womens sabre are demonstration events Contestants advanced to these 9 championships from sectional competitions In Division I mens foil Utah will be represented by Orems Mark Stasmos and Zhon Johansen and Provos Randy Christensen Local Division I womens qualifiers are Provos Julie Smith and Winona Matthews and Kaylen Hindrichs of Eden Ogden's Mike Feeney will compete in Division I mens sabre )' |