Show yriT l-- Tka o Nr aM Journal Logan Utah Friday April 31 1878 Aggie thinclads invade Bengal track Special to The Herald Journal search for improvement which The never-endin- g will lead some of Utah State University's trackmen into the PCAA Championships (May 3 in Fresno) continues Saturday in Pocatello Senior sprinter Kevin Blaisdell of Malad has legthened his lead in points sewed after four meets this season BlaisdeU's 32V4 point toal topi discus-hammspecialist Dan John (23) hammer-sho- t putter Martino Catalano (20) and javelin thrower Kent Bendixen (19) John is a junior college transfer from South San Francisco while both Catalano and Bendixen are freshmen Latest figures from the PCAA office in Los Angeles indicate Blaisdell is the third fastest runner at 200 meters (2109) John's best of 177-- 7 in the discus is also third in the conference Catalano's 55-- 5 last Saturday in the shot put is the PCAA's fourth best so far and Bendixen ranks fourth in the javelin (224-6- ) Other Ags among the PCAA's top' ten are Jim Marsh (7th 110 HH : 1432) Jim Hirchak (6th 400 IH :527) Isaiah Ugboro (5th 800 meters 1:520) and Jack Harkoess (8th hammer throw 163-"Our goal after a month of the outdoor season is simply to keep improving our marks get ourselves into a better position to contend for some points in the PCAA in Fresno and try to get somebody qualified for 12-1- 0 er 5) 10 am the nationals" said veteran Coach Ralph Maughan "Right now I would guess we will take about 10 athletes to the PCAA meet" Closest of the Aggies to an NCAA qualification is discus thrower Dan John whose 177-- 7 is less than three feet from the national standard There is little question USU’i principle roadblock Saturday in Pocatello will be a good Idaho State team Be it ever so humble there’s no place like home especially if you are the Idaho State men’s track team and you haven’t had a home outdoor meet all 180-fe- et year The Bengali host the quadrangular Intermountain Invitational Meet Saturday with Ricks College Utah State and Weber State Field events start at 1 pm with running events underway at 1:30 ISU will battle primarily the Aggies in the sprints All teams have strong and the Wildcats should have the longer distances all to themselves Both ISU and USU have good hurdle crews Utah State is the strongest in the weights while Weber State has fine jumpers ISU has a smattering of strength all through the field events The Bengali will be trying to regroup following last week's disappointing loss to Boise State in the Meet The Idaho Vandals were only three points behind ISU half-mile- two-poi- nt All-Ida- door crasher 799 499 Fashion Sportswear come-through- s" 1500-met- er By United Press International Up until Wednesday night the New York Islanders wre the only team to beat the Montreal Canadiens in a playoff game during the last two seasons Add the Detroit Red Wings to that exclusive list last season's The Red Wings doormats left Montreal Wednesday with a 2 victory and a 1 tie in the quarterfinal series they were supposed to lose in four straight The series resumes tonight in Detroit and the Wings feeling the momentum are looking forward to playing the next two games in Olympia Stadium before the home crowd and the home octopi Detroit crowds have a tradition of hurling an octopus or two onto the playoff ice Ken Dryden Montreal goalie however said he finds the near-rio- t atmosphere that seems to surround the Olympia ice at game time "exciting" Rookie Detroit forward Paul Woods who was plucked from the Montreal 4-- organization last fall by General Manager Ted Lindsay seemed almost incredulous when asked if a Detroit crowd might wake up Montreal the twrtlme defending Stanley Cup champions "We're going to be better next time" Woods asserted "That's our place" Detroit Coach Bobby Kromm said his team is going into the third game with the philosophy that it’s now a e series and the Wings have the home ice advantage "That doesn't say we’re going to best-of-fiv- beat the Canadiens" said Kromm "but we're certainly going to give it our best" In Friday night’s other two playoff games the New York Islanders are at Toronto and Boston is at Chicago Philadelphia is at Buffalo on Saturday Chicago Coach Bob Pulford put his Hawks through an offday workout on home ice Thursday looking to improve The Hawks head into execution Friday's third game of their series against the Bruins with two straight losses best-of-sev- 10 am door crasher Reg $14 cowl necks 100 polyester In rs "We’ll regroup this week and try to assess where we are" said ISU Coach Jim Klein "We had some unfortunate things happen to us last week but we had some real Chief among the come-througwere Felix Dias and Dusty Kuima Dias beat a field that included two times in a lifetime best of best Big Sky 3:5169 He continues to refute reports of lack of speed having blazed the final lap to move up from fourth to first Kuzma beat a fine intermediate hurdles field in a second-be- st mark in seasonal best 5316 auto-tim- e the Big Sky this year He also was second in the high hurdles and gave ISU a moment of hope late in the meet with a third in the triple jump the first time he tried the event in college competition Tom Keyes leaped a personal record 6--9 to win the high jump and Kelly Lee equalled his personal best of 15-- 6 to win the pole vault Jim Talley ended a month of inactivity because of a back injury to leap 150 for third Perennial contender Ugboro of Utah State (1:520) is favored in the half ahead of ISU’s Wilson (1:5272) and fast-risin- g WSC standout Terry Elton (1:5279) who has lowered his personal record some five seconds this year Weber’s Javier Chavez runner-u- p in last year’s conference meet in the mile will drop to the 800 meters for this meet and has a 1 : 5388 best Red Wings surprise Montreal Reg to $15 jumpsuits cord denim - Fashion Children 22 OMI Take advantage of terrific savings |