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Show The DESERET SAMPLER, Fri., February 6, 1970 Sportscape A Rich Vein of Orr As the National Hockey League season moved past the half way mark Bobby Orr of the Bruins was setting the league on its ear with his brilliant display of scoring prowera. He was I S- Go, Mustangs Go! Dugway High School lost a basketball game here last Friday night but they won the hearts of the people of the Test Center. g The Tintic Miners braved Johnson Pass Friday afternoon to do battle with the Mustangs from the Desert. It was all suppose to lie so routine. The Miners would take to the court that evening with their famous Tintic delegation in the stands and by 10:30 that same evening Salt Lake TV stations would be announcing another victory for Tintic in Region 5 play. Well, if you watched the late news on the tulie you saw the s port sc asters announce Tintic 49, Dugway 39. So whats the point? The point is man, Dugway High has come of agel Sure the Mustangs loss all but mathematically sewed up the division title for the Miners, but Dugway now 12-- will be in the Region 5 post season playoffs and they still have that chance for state. What is even more important is that the Mustangs are finally getting some moral backing from the people of the Proving Ground. Coach Walden Gurney must have taken to the floor with a warm feeling against Tintic as he pushed his way through an overflowing crowd to the Dugway bench. Tintic, long famous for their following, found accommodations rather sticky Friday as Dugway people seemed to lie coming through the woodwork. It really was a shame when Mike Donnelly went down in the second period after scoring on a lay up. Coach Gurneys hair grayed as he walked the length of the court with trainer Doc Marty Cooper to see the injured Mustang. Mike Donnelly was through for the night. The Mustang senior had himself a pair of cratches for company over the weekend to help ease those pulled ligaments and Dugway had their luck suddenly placed against the wall. lead diminished to 23-1- 4 at the half. The Dugways 23-1- 0 second half was all Tintic, as a strong Miners defense combined with numerous Mustangs turnovers to send the Miners home with an old prospectors grin. The Mustangs still have that chance to stock their claim on post seasons honors though, and you can bet Coach Gurney has his boys psyched for the road ahead. It should be a little easier now too with the teams new moral supporters. tlie first defenseman ever to lead the league in scoring at the halfway mark and just after dial point passed he broke Pat Stapletons season record for assists by a defenseman. Two weeks ago he broke his own season points record of 64. Orr had amassed 61 points in the first 38 games on 12 goals and 49 assists. Tims in half a season he was only three points short of his own record for points by a defenseman which he set last year with 64. Twu games later he had tlie assist record and he should nuke a guod run at his own record of 21 goals in one season, which he also set last year. All this production resulted in his being tlie only mranri-mou- s selection for the league game played Tuesday. He has also stamped himself as a leading candidate for throe of the six league trophies given out at tlie end of the year. The Norris trophy (top defenseman), which he has won for the paat two years, the Ross trophy (searing dump), which has wer been won by a defenseman, and the Hart (MVP). The other three are the Yezina trophy (best goalie), the Calder trophy (best rookie), and the Lady Byng trophy, given to the player who best combines effective and gentlemanly play. Tixiy Esposito. Chicago's rookie goaltender, has an excellent chance to pick up Ixith the Vezina trophy and the Calder Cup while the Bruins veteran left winger, Johnny Bucyk, is die leading candidate for the Lady Byng award as he has spent only seven minutes in the penalty Ikjx so far and was the left wing for the Eastern division after the first half of the season. Tlie race for the regular season title in the NHL is up for grabs between New York, Boston and Montreal. The three teams are separated by only three points at this writing mid' all have been hurt by injuries to key players. The Rangers Rod Gilbert was out for a week or two, Montreals captain, Jean Bcliveau, missed almost a month with a cracked ankle, and the Bruins' brilliant and flamboyant third line center, Berck Sanderson, missed all of preseason and was just rounding into shape a couple of weeks ago when he was struck down fejr a hip injury. .As for the race, Montreal and Boston will fight it out for the title with New York fading to third and Chicago edging Detroit for fourth in the East. In the West it will be St. Louis an easy winner, followed by Minnesota, Philadelphia and probably Pittsburgh. In the Stanley Cup playoffs St. Louis will win the West while Montreal and Boston fight it out in the East and beat the Blues for the Cup. (JMH) All-St- high-flyin- AH-St- ar - i s ' A MUSTANGS BRAINTRUST These Dugway coaches were honored with the rest of the Mustangs at a banquet sponsored by the team members parents. From left to right are: trainer, Doctor Martin Cooper; George Bruce, assistant coach; Walden Gurney, head coach; and John Southwick, freshman coach. mi HHC No. 1 Now Number One A tenacious defense coupled with some clutch shooting has given IIIIC No. 1 the lead in die closing week of Intramural action. Trailing HHC No. 2 and the Civilian squads fur most of the campaign, HHC No. 1 reached back for that little extra last week surprising a Ciand then stun3 vilian five 69-6- 5 No. HHC 2. Monday ning evening. John Gerber (24 points), Donny Gendron (17 pts.), Denny Kruse (17 pts.) and John Howe (16 pts.) led a balanced HHC No. 1 attack against the Civilians. John Southwick (19 pts), Phil Wendall (17 pts.) and George Bruce (13 pts.) kept the Civilians in the contest after IIIIC had built up an early 20 point lead in the initial half. zone prevented HIlCs the Civilians from going to the hoop most of the evening and George Douglass (HHC) turned in an outstanding relxMinding effort to nuke the going twice as difficult for the then league 78-6- -2 with any success against ' an omis remaining. Time was called HHC No. 1 zone defense. and the HHC No. 1 forces disIt was another team effort cussed their strategy. Moments for the HHC No. 1 blue and League later Denny Kruse was fouled and hit Ixith ends of a one and gold with John Geriier hitting Standings: for one giving HHC No. 1 a four 23 22 points, Denny Kruse, HHC No. 1 14. and Gendron, points, point lead with' seconds left. 2 Douny No. HHC In other Intramural action, The new Civilians league leaders found the going much tougher against John Southwick got the Civilians Officers IIIIC No. 2. back on the winning track MonSig Met IIIIC No. 1 was up by one day night as he scored 24 points Hospital The lead in leading his team to a 85 to point at the half, 35-3MPs changed hands numerous times in 47 rout over the MPs. The MPs tlie final half with not more came right back the following fer the lost of Tony Vieira for than 5 points separating the night with a thrilling 59-5teams. the remainder of the season Headquarters George victory over the Sig Met five. while rolling up their victory. Douglass, Ed Tonn and John Mike Simmer and Bill Ilcckard MPs with 17 points Vieira broke his ankle midway Howe protected the boards for led the 1 and half. No. the first IIIIC their team through apiece. kept The Officers notched their .John Pleasant (28 points) took in the game, while John Pleassixth dazzled ant honors some crowd the with victory of the campaign Monday evening scoring in the HHC No. 2, HHC No. breathtaking moves. The Tuesday as they defeated tlie 1 tilt, but again sound defense James Campi and kept ticking off and soon Hospital and clutch shooting gave HHC it was HHC No. 1, 67, HHC Ron Foley each netted 14 points No. 1 the victory. Pleasant was No. 2, 65, with one minute to for the winners. outstanding in the contest as he play. hit from underneath and on 25 George Douglass cleared a and 30 footers all night. Vic relxxind under HHC No. 2 hoop Dean (11 points) was the only and HHC No. 1 had a two point other HHC No. 2 player to meet lead and the ball with 45 sec-- Intramural . 3 sec-rai- 77-4- 7. Hoop Hotline Wednesday night HHC No. 2 dragged IIIIC No. 1 off its old pinnacle at the top of the league and back into a three-wa- y tie for first place. HHC No. 2 turned the trick by combining a potent offense, giiod rebounding, and a ballhawking defense for a solid 48-ho- - BASKETBALL BANQUET Members of the 1970 Mustang Basketball team were honored at a banquet sponsored by their respective parents. It is tough to explain what moral backing does to a ball player but believe me the players do appreciate the support. Dont forget either that when the guys take to the floor, not only are they representing themselves but they are playing on behalf of all the people of Dugway, military and civilian. Pep rallies and dinners like the one put on for the players by their parents before the Tintic contest are a vital cog in a team's success. There is nothing like the feeling of being locked up in a crucial battle and hearing boosters cheering in the back 94-8- 2 victory. The first half told the story as HHC No. 2 moved out to an early lead in the first 'five minutes. The teams battled on fairly even terms until the last fire minutes of the half when Johnny Pleasant led HHC No. 2 on a spurt that saw them leave the floor at halftime with a 20 point bulge, HHC No. I fired in 50 second half points, but they couldnt stop HHC No. 2s running game and were never closer than 10 points. Pleasant stopped going for the hoop, but LJoyd Kelly picked up the slack and finished as HHC No. 2's high scorer with 24. Pleasant was rijit behind Kelly with 23 and Vic ground. i t : i i t t Personally, I predict that if Dugway gets a dunce to meet Tintic in the Region Playoffs the Mustangs will come out victorious. Coach Gurney has the court savvy ( and the hones to do the trick. Stay with the Mustangs fans: they wont let you downl Curt Flood certainly has a problem. THINK ABOUT IT for 6 months of every year at $90,000 enslaved being Imagine a year! I hate to admit it but Flood is right too. How can the Supreme Court deny that the reserve clause isnt technically a form of slavery? There is no legal justification for the reserve clause but baseball cant survive without something like it. Footballs Pete Rozelle might have the answer. The pro football czar insists that any club which signs a free agent must compensate the players former team. That could work in baseball too. If Ron Santo accepted an offer from the Boston Red Sox, Bowie Kuhn could insist that Boston give the Cubs Carl Yastrezemski in return. As a result players would proliably not do much jumping from club to club as the owners now fear. these USARIIL Please guys, take it easy on Bruce Henry 1 isnt that right Mr. than think, are letter teams you expansion Maloney? (private joke folks). The now nonexistent American Football League has received the annual Bonehead of the Year Trophy for paying $18 million to join the losers of the Super Bowl the last two yean the National Football League. Utah State's fine lxisketball team has lieaten the Univerof Utah twice this season and 1 Jested Houston last Saturday sity Mexico yet trail Ixith schools in the national rankings. New State will lie in Logan tomorrow night to battle Utah State and the game will lie carried by KUTV (Channel 2). (TCV) These are members of HHC No. 1 basketball team currently LEAGUE LEADERS Intramural action with a' 14-- 2 record. With one week remaining in the the in leading 1 of at least a tie for the championship. Kneeling from left fs assured No. season, HHC to right are: John Garrard, Ed Tonn, Donny Gendron, and A1 Hannah. Standing left to right are: player-coacTony Vieira, George Douglass, Denny Kruse, John Howe, and Tom Gerber. Kearney, Dave Legg and John Frank are also members of the squad. John Dean got 16. Dennis Kruse led HHC No. 1 with 28, followed by John C erber with 17, Donnie Gendron with 13, John Howe (11) and v (10). George Douglass for them the balanced h Miners Come From Behind To Down Mustangs 49-3- 9 Unfor-tunatcl- scoring didn't help because they couldnt shut off the HHC No. 2 attack. The result of the game sets the possibility of a playoff up half the Tintic A poor second Miners an opportunity to overby the Dugway Mustangs gave Tuesday night between HHC 9 last Friday evening on the losers come a nine point halftime deficit and down the Mustangs No. 1 and the winner of Monhome court. Civilians No. 2 The win practically sewed up the division title for the Miners who stand 5 and 0 in region day's HHC will occur This tilt. provided play while the Mustang loss dropped them into a second place tie with Wendover with 4 and 2 HHC No. 1 can get by the Offirecords. cers Monday night. The Mustangs gralilied an early 0 lead, but the Miners came tiack to take the lead at 9--6 In Wednesday's other game at the end of the first quarter as Ixith teams were cold from the field and the Mustangs missed on MP's downed the Hospital the all four of their free throw attempts. 1 behind Mike Simmer's 20 command to start out Charles Butler running Coining taking cey Kendall each contributed five the second quarter, the Mustangs of the boards Tintic racked up with four points each by Mc-2- 1 point output. The MPs led all 2 the way after picking up a scored nine straight points as points in the quarter to take CuIIough and Monte Rudd round-- a Takashita Dick halftime edge. 35-2Mike Donnelly hit two lwskets lead guing into the fi-- ing out the scoring for the hit 16 fur the MPs to help Simliefore lieing injured, Mark Geer-lin- nal period. losers. while Tony Chief WilFive points at the start of a liasket and free throw and Fields with 18 led the Miu-th- e mer liams led the Hospital with 15. fourth quarter to stretch ers with Gaylon Thompson Rory McCullough a bucket to HHC No. 2 15-- 9 40-2sewed a lead. 10 the lead to and Butler nine. up ing Mustangs give 24 KELLY Then after a Miner free throw the game for the visitors. The 23 PLEASANT the Mustangs tallied eight points Mustangs were able to cut the 16 DEAN 7 to ran their advantage to 23-1- 0 margin to five points at 9 FOSTER I hut left of the game. A with three minutes their biggest lead .'V I 6 DUNN field goal and two free throws Fields canned two liaskcts and a 8 BOLDT by the visitors cut the Dugway free throw to keep the wimirrs 3 HENRY halftime margin to 23-1safely out in front. , 5 CATTIYERA to The second half was an enThe Mustangs were able 94 Totals: the 15 Musdifferent as the field goals against tirely garner story IIIIC No. 1 tangs were unable to penetrate winners 16 but hit on only nine 28 KRUSE the Miners strong defense and of 24 attempts from the free 17 GERBER combined with numerous turn- throw lane while the Miners 13 GENDRON overs only tallied one hadiet and nude good on 17 out of 24 tries. 11 HOWE two free throws during the enGeerlings led the Mustangs 10 DOUGLASS tire third period. Meanwhile scoring with 10 points followed 3 TONN tlie Miners with Brent Fields by Donnelly with six. Kenny 82 Totals: Du MsMt ws sMDwe as aswaul' hitting from the outside and Vance, Steve Brothers and Chaun- 49-3- 4-- 48-4- 28-2- 7 Test Center Hosts Tourney gs aild-tlic- The fourth annual Dugway Invitational Tournament will lie held here from February 16 through February 20. The tournament will lie of the double elimination variety which means that a team' is mit eliminated until it has alisorb-e- d two defeuts. The competition will lie provided by three teams from Dugway, four from Tooele and Utah Tech, the lime college team entered. Dugway will lie represented liv three top intramural teams; IIIIC No. 1, HHC No. 2. and the Civilians. The representatives from Tooele will lie Tooele Oil, r, and two teams from Tooele Army Depot. The tournament will ran for five days with games lieing played in the Post Gym at 7 p.ni. and 8:30 p.m. on each of the first four days. On Friday night, Feb. 20, there will lie three games to close out the The consolation competition. followgame will start at 6 p.m. ed by the 3rd place contest at 7:30 p.m. and the championship tilt at 9 p.m. Price-Helpe- 52-3- 7 42-3- 41 1 ir The Officers player-coacTWO FOR DOC Marty Coop(8) drives in for a lay up against the Met Team in Intramural action this week. Doc Cooper scored 22 points and took game honors in assists as he led his team to a 63-4-9 victory. h er LT. Cap Gtlls em From Nam AFL Comes Of Age Witness the following conversation between Joe Football, d National Football Leaa gue fan from way lmck, and Fred Newby, a recent convert to the inad, mad, world of professional football: (Any relation to persons living or dead is pureor is it?) ly Well, I still Joe Footljall: Ixitter of the is NFL the say the two leagues." Fred Newby: But Joe, since I've lieen following the sport, the AFL has won the last two Super Bowls. Joe: Yea, well, that Super Bowl doesnt mean a thing merely exhibition. Fred: But, Joe, they pay the winners $5,000 more apiece than they do the losers. Joe: Well, hrniph, the AFL may have the last two Super Bowl champions, but the weaker teams in the AFL are worse than the weaker NFL teams. On, and on, and on. One of the biggest continuing controversies among professional football followers today is the status of the American Football League. AFL backers claim that, by virtue of the Jets. 1969 Super Bowl victory over Baltimore and this year's Kansas City triumph, the junior league has achieved a parity with the older, more esfans tablished NFL. claim that the Jets victory wasn't over tlie best team tlie NFL had to offer; in conjunction with this line of thinking, the NFL backers state that the AFL is still below, some say far below, tlie performance calibre of the NFL. On January 7, I960, the birth of the AFL was made known' to the world via a press conference at the Sheraton-Wehotel in Los Angeles. The chief reason the league succeeded, and eventually grew to its current status, were twofold: (1) good leadership, and die-har- Pro-NF- L st V money. The former of these if characteristics tretta, two you like was provided kjr the two league commissioner Joe Foss in the beginning, arad AJ Davis prior to the June, 1966 merger with the NFL. Qrae example of the pomting4he way abilities of each will suffice. Jim: Foss had the good sense, and ability, to realize that two of the cities where the AFL had placed teams in direct competition with NFL Los teams in the same city were Angeles and Dallas meeting overwhelming financial and public relations defeats. So Foss talked the league owners into moving these two teams to other locations and, today, the San Diego Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs are among the stalwarts of the league, both financially and talent wise. During Davis reign, the league owners embarked on the policy of offering unbelievable salaries to the top NFL quarter-- ; liacks. Their reasoning was, Lets see them play without their , The strategy quarterbacks. was so successful that, in a mat- ter of months, the two leagues merged under one roof. Tlie second factor, money, was equally important as Foss and Davis' skillful maneuvering would have been sevendy ham- -' pered without it. As provided by such financial bigwigs as Barron Hilton, Bud Adams and Lamar' Hunt, money enabled the league d to traverse the early vears. Just as important, this, same money factor enabled die. AFL to latch onto such super' stars as Broadway Joe Namath and Mike Garrett, and also to make the fantastic overtures to the NFL quarterbacks. The effect that the merger with its common draft and Super Bowl", will lie discussed in the next issue. (JTC) (2) pride-swallowi- 3 low-crow- |