| Show BOSTON (UPI) — Robert Parish the Boston Celtics’ center finally has landed in an NBA final But he’s not looking forward to his task for the upcoming series — and he thinks Moses Malone feels the same way The two giants will be the centers of attention in the NBA championship series that starts tonight in Boston with the Celtics hosting the Houston Rockets The Celtics view their collective task as trying to contain the irrepressible Malone who is averaging 285 points and 14 rebounds per game in the playoffs “It's going to be rough I'm not looking forward to playing him but I'm sure the feeling is mutual" ot Parish said Monday workout " senes" after a breezy Celtics This is going to be another physical The Celtics advanced to the finals by virtue of a e sweep of Chicago and a nerveracking win over Philadelphia in which five of the seven games were decided by two points or less The Rockets scored upsets over defending champion Los Angeles San Antonio and Kansas City to reach the finals for the first time It is the first NBA final for both coaches and all but one of the 22 players Houston's Tom Henderson g having been the guard for the 1978 champion Washington Bullets four-gam- play-makin- The matchup also pits the regular-seaso- n champion Boston with a 0 record against only the third team in NBA history to reach a final with a losing record The Rockets were 2 during the season The Celtics who are 1 in championship series dismiss the notion the Celtics-76er- s series was really for the title “Houston is a legitimate contender and they beat some good teams to get here But we feel like we’re a pretty good team too" said Boston's Cedric Maxwell "We’re at the peak of our defensive game " While the Celtics are concentrating on containing Malone the Rockets will try to slow down Boston's 62-2- 40-4- 13-- vaunted fast break The Celtics have a speed court but the advantage especially in the front Rockets will try to prevent them from running by controlling the boards “To win we've got to cut the court in half” said Houston’s burly Billy Paultz “We have to make sure they have to set up the ball at halfcourt and If we can do that we can be a real play us problem” The Rockets have been an impressive 2 on the road in the playoffs and will be up against the home-couadvantage for the fourth time They view themselves as underdogs but aren't yielding any psychological edge to Boston rt Grizzlies edge ‘Cats in finale sraorts By Kurt Kragthorpe sports writer Golden Eagles fall WICHITA - Kan It was a replay with a new ending and a touch of controversy Monday as Logan High and Sky View Tom (UPI) Roulston scored two goals Monday night to lead the Wichita Wind to a 1 victory over the Salt Lake Golden Eagles in the third game of the 1981 Central Hockey League champion- staged their 3-- ships The win was Wichita’s ng er 1-- 0 1-- in er MacLean Roulston added an insurance goal in the final period to secure the win Gulls rout Dukes ‘ - their last time at bat Hymas led off by reaching base on catcher’s interference and Jeff Hedin followed with a grounder to Bob Johnson at third On the double-pla- y attempt second baseman Steve Seamons was ruled to have pulled his foot and both runners were safe Beecher then filed to Blotter in right and the throw to third skipped past Johnson and Hymas scored the winning run “It was a great way to end the season” said Logan Head Coach Perry Christensen “The only thing is it’s too bad it had to end in a little controversy We played pretty well It was a typical View game — it’s never a Logan-Sk- y rout” Singin' those rainout blues Kansas City's hitting phenom George Brett playes "The Rainout Blues" on his bat during a recent thunderstorm that interrupted a double header against Cleveland The Royals were again victimized by an interruption this time due to the city's curfew postpon well-playe- ing the the SV Head Coach Joe Robertson noted “I’m blaming this one on the officials On that catcher’s interference it was a foul tip And both bases were touched on that double play “Other than that it was a ball game There was good pitching on both sides” he stressed Lindsay Hedin Logan's junior lefthander allowed only Greg Blotter's bloop single through six innings He lost his shutout in the seventh when pinch-hittAlton Hansen walked and later 10th remainder of play in Monday night's tie in inning against the Boston Red Sox For a com5-- 5 plete rundown of Monday's major league action see page 7 d er scored on pinch-hitte- r Russell Thurgood’s line single but still gained Brazil inks center — Former Boise center State Larry McKinney has to play basketball a contract signed for the Sirio Sports Club Sao Paulo BOISE (UPI) Brazil McKinney 2-- two-hitt- 2-- two-ru- g Hedin tossed a and defeated Robert Ballam who scattered four hits Last year Marty Smith outdueled Dane Herd as Sky View took a decision Monday’s controversy at Worthington Park came in Logan’s seventh inning after the Bobcats had managed a 1 tie series Salt Lake picked up two victories last week on its home ice to lead the series 1 Roy Sommer opened up the Wind scoring in the first period Roulston’s first goal early in the second period as Salt proved to be the Lake was able to score only once during the contest on a goal from Paul 1-- season-endin- Todd Hymas scored from second base on Willie Beecher’s fly ball to give Logan 1 a last-innivictory as Lindsay first in the SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Four Salt Lake Gulls clouted home runs and pitcher Rick Steirer came on in relief to gain his first Pacific Coast League victory of the year as the Gulls defeated Albuquerque 12--9 Monday Steirer relieved gulls starter Ralph Botting in the third inning throwing four successful innings to improve his record to 1 Gull centerfielder Tom Brunansky had a solo homer in the second inning catcher Bob Davis homered in the fourth second baseman Steve homer in the Lubratich had a two-ru-n sixth and first baseman Daryl n Sconiers added a shot in the eighth to put the game away annual pitching showcase best-of-sev- game-winn- 7-- who is scheduled to Boise State this spring graduate from said Monday the agreement called for him to play for the Brazilian basketball team during World Cup action this summer He said that after the tournament he would attempt to negotiate an extended contract with the South American team or try out for professional teams in Europe or the US “My main goal is to get some exposure in South America so that I can get an opportunity to play in the NBA or in Europe" said the center who led the Broncos in rebounding last year with 73 boards per game He averaged 17 points per Caesars after new track Nev (UPI) — Owners of Caesars a Palace Hotel favorite resort of highrollers and to build a Grand Prix race want sportsmen tower track and a Both require permission from county boards Attorneys for the resort go before the Clark County Planning Commission today in hopes of winning approval for construction of the raceway Caesars Palace Hotel launched studies a year ago to development 70 acres adjacent to the hotel for the Grand Prix raceway Hotel vice president William D Weinberger said Monday construction of the raceway could begin immediately upon the necessary county approval The Grand Prix track could be completed in time for LAS VEGAS 26-mi- le 40-sto- ry an Oct 17 Formula I Grand Prix race said Weinberger The county granted the hotel a use permit 15 months ago for the raceway but Caesars Palace could not receive the necessary racing group sanctions and delayed its proposal tower atIn seeking permission to build a torneys for Caesars Palace Hotel must convince the Clark County Commission today to overturn an adverse of the Clark County Planning recommendation Commission as well as opposition from officials at International Airport The proposed tower is 156 feet higher than height restrictions set forth in an ordinance approved in 40-sto- ry Mc-Carr- an January the win “I owe Lindsay a dozen donuts because he had more strikeouts (0) than than walks (seven)” Christensen said ning run was unearned and he struck out six while walking just two The Grizzlies’ initial run came in the fourth as Jeff Hedin walked stole second and came home on Beecher’s RBI single The Bobcats missed a chance to get on the scoreboard in the fourth after Johnson reached on an error and Jeff McMurdie and Seamons both walked Beecher forced Johnson at the plate after Rex Olsen’s grounder to second and Hedin struck out Brent McKnight to work out of trouble Although both teams missed this week’s region playoffs with 9 records the game was hardly typical of a battle cellar-dwelle- rs 6-- contest County fees increase - The SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Salt Lake County Commission has approved fee increases at seven recreation facilities including pools at Jordan Fairmont and Liberty Park Children from six years of age to 17 will pay 75 cents to get into a county pool this year up from 50 cents last year Fees for adults wil rise from 75 centsto one dollar Those five years and younger and those 55 years old and above will be admitted free The commission also approved a new fee schedule for use of the Cottonwood Softball Complex and the Valley Regional Softball Complex to cover the cost of early and late season tournament play elimination playoff Rangers facing Compiled from UPI Dreaming what seems to be impossible dreams the once brash New York Islanders face a possible end to a story book season tonight when they attempt to stave off elimination from the NHL semifinals at the hands of defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders While that's going on the Minnesota North Stars leading 1 in their series with the Calgary Flames will try to keep the pressure building in game four Both scries resume tonight The “Expressway Series" between the Rangers and Islanders which had the city of New York drooling with anticipation has become a elinic for the Rangers who must find a way to stop the awesome Islanders' power play and restore the magic that trademarked their play in their earlier scries victories over Los Angeles and St Louis They must also overcome a 0 deficit in the series "It’s a disappointing season if we don't do better 2-- 3-- t than this” said Ranger defenseman Barry Beck “We have a lot of young hockey players and we still think we can win but the Islanders are making it very tough on us” Indeed The Islanders need just one more power-pla- y goal tonight to tie the NHL playoff record of 25 which they set last year And with the Islanders almost a certainty to win this semifinal series they can establish the new mark for power-pla- y scoring in the finals against the winner of Minnesota and Calgary In being outscored during their first three has been almost losses the Rangers' power-planonexistant In the entire playoffs the Rangers have scored on the power-pla- y only nine times in 51 tries For the North Stars’ coach Glen Sommers pressure is the key in his team's series with the 17-- 6 y Flames “We've got to keep the pressure high and make it hard for them to get started in their own end He acknowledges the series is still far from being over “Every game has been tight" he said “and I expect the rest will be too" Minnesota picked up the momentum with a 4 win Sunday at the Met Center as the Stars' “kickline” of center Neal Broten and wings Brad Palmer and Steve Christoff teamed for the winning goal in the third period “I hardly remember the goal” said Christoff “All I remember is a couple of great plays before I got the puck Neal is starting to make plays the way you 6-- know he can” Minnesota's Bobby Smith scored two goals and added two assists in replacing Tim Young who is sidelined for the rest of the season because of knee surgery Both the North Stars and the Flames have accused each other of being "grab and hold” artists Calgary coach A1 MacNeil said Minnesota “hooked us and held us" in Sunday's game |
