Show puain ESM1 &£& Sports $?!& iXgVifM feM - paces Bulls 91-6- Mark Landsberger has left the bench behind him and it's no coincidence the Chicago Bulls have left a four-gam- e losing streak behind them A Landsberger was a surprise starter Thursday night but wound up leading 7 the Bulls to a triumph over the Washington Bullets John Mengelt was the high scorer for the Bulls with 27 points but Coach Ed Badger agreed that Landsberger was the key player Landsberger had 12 points and 19 rebounds but more importantly kept Washington's burly Wes Unsold handcuffed under the boards "I started Marck because of the physical matchup” said Badger "He was super He's a hard worker who has earned a starting role” “Naturally I prefer to start" said Landsberger “Coming off the bench is tough but I’m happy to play and help the team” In other NBA games Cleveland defeated Boston 2 Golden State Detroit beat Houston 106-9- 8 and Seattle routed New topped Atlanta 104-9- 6 Orleans 123-9-8 Cavaliers 1123 Celtics 102: Campy Russell and Austin Carr scored 21 points each in leading the Cavs to their triumph over the Celtics at Richfield Ohio Dave Bing scored 30 points for the Celtics and went over the 16 mark for his career Pistons lOTBockets 90: Bob Lanier scored 25 points and Eric Money had 22 for the Pistons who dealt the Rockets their 10th straight loss The Pistons won the game by running off the final eight points after the score was tied 6 with 2:07 left in the game Warriors 104 Hawki 96: Phil Smith scored 29 points and hit two key free throws in the last minute to lead the Warriors to their win at Oakland The Warriors placed six players in double figures including Nate Williams with 99-6- 111-10- 44-2- Michigan State jumped to a 21-- lead first 10 minutes behind the passing of Johnson and the scoring of Chapman who got 14 of his 23 points in the first half Western Kentucky managed to recover later in the first half and pulled within 6 But Michigan State regained control as the half came to a close Chapman and Johnson hitting two free throws apiece and then Johnson tossing a lob pass to Charles for a dunk just before the buzzer The Spartans held a halftime lead Midway through the second half Western Kentucky spurted to within 6 but the Hilltoppers could never come any closer than seven points 6 in the 2 also got strong scoring from Rick Robey with 14 Truman Claytor with 13 and Jack Givens and James Lee with 27-- 12 each Miami which ended its season 19-- 9 was paced by Randy Ayers with 18 Teammates Rick Goings added 12 Archie Aldridge had 11 and John Shoemaker contributed 10 In Thursday night's first game Earvin Johnson set up numerous easy baskets with passes to help his Michigan State teammates Gregg Kelser and Robert Chapman score 23 points each in the Spartans’ 9 win over Western Kentucky Western Kentucky which fell behind 21-- 6 and could never get back in the 33-2- 39-2- 9 90-6- East race 18 Super Sonics 123 Jan 98: Dennis Johnson and Marvin Webster each scored six points during a 17-- third quarter spurt as the Sonics broke the game open and spoiled Slick Watts’ return to Seattle Watts the former Sonics captain traded to the Jazz Jan 4 tallied 16 points 4 53-4- Pimm seeking victory - 4-le- close Ag grapplers face trouble af It's possible Just ask LAWRENCE Kan (UPI) North Carolina Coach Dean Smith His Tar Heels were faced with the prospect of playing Notre Dame on St Patrick's Day in the 1977 NCAA East Regional But the entire East Coast could have been decked in green and Smith wouldn't have cared His North Carolinians decked the Irish that PROVIDENCE RI — Indiana and Villanova two powers earlier in the decade try to reclaim their day prestigious positions d Now it's Utah and Coach Jerry Pimm in the who must find a way to beat Notre Dame Friday night on March semifinal round of the 17 this time in the round game of the Midopening NCAA East regional west Regional in Lawrence Kan basketball tournament Seventh-ranke- d DePaul meets No 14 Louisville in 21-- 7 Indiana and the other game Friday making its sixth NCAA “We’ve got the Irish on St Patrick’ Day" said appearance in Bobby Pimm "And we're looking forward to it We'll have Knight's seven seasons' to get our green socks out 'T as coach won the The Runnin' Utes had to scratch out a 9 double tournament in 1976 A overtime victory last Sunday over Big Eight also-ra-n last Missouri in their disappointment game for the right to season the Hoosiers take on the Irish ana their million-stron- g Fighting have won 11 of their last subway alumni across the nation Utah will carry a 12 games to reach the nine-gam- e winning streak to Lawrence regionals held at the Eleventh-ranke- d Notre Dame had a much easier Providence Civic Center time against a much tougher opponent in its subd Houston 100-7Eastern Eight winner regional game whipping Villanova 22-- 8 is in the in what Coach Digger Phelps called "our best game NCAA’s for the first time since December” The key match-u- p in the contest will be at center since 1972 The Wildcats lost 2 to UCLA in the between Notre Dame's Bill Laimbeer and Utah's 1971 title game but the Buster Matheney The Laimbeer scored 20 points and was major games were nullified when it was learned reason the Irish crushed the smaller Cougars under Villanova's Howard the backboards last weekend Matheney called “the Porter had signed a best 66 shooter in the country" by Pimm scored a contract during the career high 36 points and pulled down eight rebounds to help Utah win the inside battle against Missouri season But the best big man in the Regional will be playing In the other semifinal for DePaul in the other game Dave Corzine another Ivy League game titan averaged 203 points 119 rebounds and champion Penn which knocked Villanova out of four assists per game for the Blue Demons this the 1972 NCAA tour- season “Dave is a pure team player” said DePaul Coach nament faces ninth-ranke- d Duke the Ray Meyer "Statistics don’t mean a thing to him When he came off the floor after our Atlantic Coast Congame against Duquesene someone said to him 'You only scored ference winner of six points that could ruin your chances for The appearance Dave looked at him and said ‘We won Indiana makes Knight ' especially happy after didn’t we?" DePaul has a 26-- 2 record this eason and will the club had started with carry a winninK slreak into the Louisville game a 5 record s is “We’re just delighted very capable ball club" said Meyer Don t sell them short We’ve won 13 in to be still in the toura row ney" said Knight whose equalling my personal high We’ve done it about four club beat Furman in the umes but then the roof always falls in Maybe this time it won’t opening round "These kids arc making things easy for an old “This squad has done the best job of getting coach They have made me a good coach all year I itself off the deck and appreciate their efforts" Louisville employs a highpowered jumping-jac- k a into tournament situation of any I've had style of offense with a starting five that never seems I've enjoyed working ? The Cardinals crowned themselves )e with this group as much the Doctors of Dunk" this season and for good as any I've had" he reason: everyone on the team can jam the ball and said °° ronwartk or backwards right hand oMeft11 Villanova Against Ringleader Darrell Griffith is 4 who plays like Knight was expected to use a small but quick he s 9 Rick Wilson and Bobby Turner are both 4 who play sound games for men of lineup headed by stature Larry center Mike Woodson Williams is 66 and “almost impossible to stop who leads the team with according to Coach Denny Crum and Ricky a 198 point average Gallon at 1 is Louisville's best big man since Wes Rounding out the star- unseld ting five are Wayne Radford Ray Tolbert and Wisman Jim Tommy Baker Villanova is paced by 6 Keith forward e Herron the school's scoring leader with Utah information 2127 points The Wild- (UPI) 79-7- 7 SAN FRANCISCO veteran James Hardy (52) reaches high to drop in two points over Cal Fullerton’s Mike Unden during action in the NCAA Western Regionals in Albuquerque NM Thursday night Hardy’s efforts weren't enough Special to The Herald Journal - Utah State University’s COLLEGE PARK Md Aggies may have experienced one of the shortest trips to the NCAA Wrestling Championships in the school's history Thursday All three Aggie entries in the event faced discouraging setbacks and appeared to be out of the running for consolation hopes as the first round was completed at the University of Maryland Thursday Brigham Young's chances however appeared much more promising Senior Bob Erickson considered a strong hopeful in the weight class dropped a 3 decision to Northern Iowa's Gary Bentrim after wrestling the entire match with a severely swollen knee Bentrim the tourney's number seven seed and the NCAA Division II champ a week earlier would have to lose in order for Erickson to have another opportunity to wrestle but it was doubtful Aggie Coach Bob Carlson reportedly returned dnesday night from a coaches' meeting to find Erickson with a badly swollen knee It was reported that a boil had burst to the inside and had caused a great deal of fluid on the knee “We took him to the hospital and had the knee drained" Carlson explained "The doctors told Bob he shouldn't wrestle but he said he had to because it was his last chance He won't wrestle now even if Bentrim loses” Henri Callie of Millersville State (P’ ) the NCAA Division III champion at 118 pounds may have eliminated USU's Tracy Moore Callie pinned Moore in 7:45 to advance but he lost in the second round to leave Moore in the tourney Mark Harris USU's hopeful dropped a 3 decision to Drake’s Mike Burford after losing points for “backing out of the circle three times" Harris reportedly broke his nose as he held a 1 lead which caused the Aggie veteran to begin his stall 5-- 5-- 3-- tactics The University of Iowa and Iowa State which split a pair of dual matches during the regular season sent 13 of 80 wrestlers into Friday's quarterfinal round Iowa led the way with seven qualifiers and 26 points while Iowa Slate had six qualifiers and 21 44 points Oklahoma State qualified five wrestlers while B YU and Wisconsin each had four men advance Three-tim- e Conference Western Athletic heavyweight champion Gary Peterson dedsioned Ohio's Gerry Fultz 12-- and pinned Missouri's Jeff Gillman in 6:02 to move ahead Other BYU winners included Sam Orme at 118 pounds Ed Maisey at 134 pounds and Brad Hansen at 167 pounds to keep Moore alive for Orme defeated Callie 8 1 USU NCAA files mat suit - INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) The National Collegiate Athletic Association should have the right to field its own teams in international wrestling competition without being forced to affiliate with the Amateur Athletic Union the NCAA has charged in a federal suit :m 6-- 6-- 98-9- mm mg 6-- vantage Later in the first half Kentucky reeled off 11 straight points to go ahead 6 and then the Wildcats grabbed a 6440 margin midway through the second half senior scored 14 of Phillips a his game high 24 points early in the stesccond half to help break open the contest The Wildcats upping their record to 000-poi- nt m 7 6-- 112-10- 'm 6 game ended its season with record The defeat also marked the last game for Western Kentucky Coach Jim Richards who is quitting after 18 years of coaching because he said he is fed up with today’s “undisciplined" college athletes Johnson lived up to his nickname "Magic" by setting up his teammates with numerous assists all night Kelsor a 6-- junior and Chapman a 2 senior led Spartans with 23 each and got help from three other teammates in double figures Johnson besides his many assists scored 13 points Ron Charles also had 13 and 8 freshman center Jay Vincent added 12 Western Greg Jackson paced while Kentucky with 21 points teammates James Johnson Aaron Bryant and Darryl Turner had 12 each Mike DAYTON Ohio (UPI) Phillips scored 24 points to pace five Kentucky players in double figures Thursday night as the No Wildcats routed Miami of Ohio 9 in NCAA Mideast the Regional semifinals setting up a Saturday showdown with No 5 Michigan State a 9 winner over Western Kentucky Kentucky quickly dispelled any thoughts Miami hail of duplicating its upset of Marquette last Saturday The Wildcats broke a 6 tie shot into a 16-- 6 lead and never relinquished its ad- Preu International 158-pou- - Tha Hareld Journal Wildcats stop Miami Landsberger By United 17 1978 March Logan Utah Friday The suit charged the AAU headquartered in Inviolated the Sherman Antitrust Act dianapolis through its scheduling policy The suit was filed fate Wednesday on behalf of the NCAA and Charles Patten wrestling coach at Nor them Iowa University at Cedar Rapids “For many years defendant AAU has possessed monopoly power to approve or disapprove participation by United States amateur wrestlers in international competition" the suit said The NCAA added in the brief that the power was acquired through designation by the Federation Internationale de la Lutte Amateur — the organization which governs international wrestling — as the only representative for the United States “By virtue of this agreement and the sanctions imposed to enforce it defendant AAU possesses monopoly power over the right and ability of amateur wrestlers to compete in international amateur wrestling competitions both in the United States and abroad r the suit said however as Fullerton went on to upset the Dons 2 The Pacific Coast Athletic Association's Titans will not meet Arkansas Saturday in the regional finale (UPI Telephoto) 75-7- UCLA USF defeated - 75-7- 74-7- 20-fo- come-from-behi- 61-6- 72-7- one-on-o- Nicklaus on top JACKSONVILLE Fla (UPI I — There have been a lot of bear tracks on the pro golf tour the past month Jack Nicklaus the “Golden Bear" makes no bones about the fact he is anxious to outdistance his challengers Nicklaus has finished second (Los Angeles ) first (Inverrary) and second (Doral) his last three outings — and today he's right up there at the top in the world's richest golf tournament Nicklaus went into today's second round of the $342000 Tournament Players Championship in a seven-wa- y tie for the lead with Ben Crenshaw Gibby Gilbert Gary Groh Victor Regalado John Schroedcr and Bobby Wadkins 86-7- al California NM (UPI) ALBUQUERQUE s Titans are battling tradition while writing a little history of their own in the NCAA Tournament and the West Coast bombers are doing it in Holly wood style Unranked and barely noticed at the start of the tournament the Titans Thursday pulled off their second major upset in a week by beating talent-lade- n San Francisco 2 to advance to the finals of the Far West Regional The Titans who had never before played a top-te- n ranked team until they disposed of No 4 New Mexico in the first round playoffs at Tempe Ariz Saturday will try to make it to the final four in St Louis by 0 winner taking on No 6 Arkansas an impressive over UCLA Guard Keith Anderson's jumper with two seconds left climaxed the Titans' latest win and San Francisco Coach Bob Gaillard conceded the least prominent of the three California teams in the regional was something special "The last second shot has been a trademark of their entire season” said Gaillard “Maybe it’s just in the cards for them" The Titans trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half before their patient passing game and the outside shooting of forwards Greg Bunch and Kevin Hcenan triggered a second half rally California State which could finish no better than third in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association but reached the NCAA by winning the league's postseason tournament took its first lead of the game at 0 with 10:00 left and then matched the Dons basket for basket until the final 30 seconds 2 With the score tied and 13 seconds left the Titans let Anderson go with Dons’ guard Sam Williams With the seconds ticking away and the Fullerton bench yelling at him to put it up Anderson hit a San Francisco tried to call a time nut but the Dons had none left and were assessed a technical Hccnun then added a free throw on the technical for the final point "I fell good about taking it" said Anderson of his State-Fuflert- 18th-ranke- gamewinner “I thought it was in from the second I let it go" Bunch and Hecnan the clutch shooters on the loose and unruffled squad scored 24 and 15 points respectively to lead the Titans The two offset a effort by San Francisco center Bill Cartwright who got 19 of his total in the first half The loss also ended Gaillard's coaching career at San Francisco He announced at the beginning of the season this would be his last year at USF and although he led the Dons to five West Coast Athletic Conference titles in eight seasons Gaillard failed to realize the national title goal he set three years ago when he recruited prep All Americas Cartwright James Hardy and Winford Boyncs nt Arkansas' spectacular threesome of Marvin Delph Sidney Moncrief and Ron Brewer combined for 62 points in the school's biggest basketball victory in history The Razorbacks opened a lead in the first half then held off a furious UCLA rally in the second half The Bruins eliminated for the second year in a row in the West Regional were led by guard Roy Hamilton with 19 points and All America forward David Greenwood with 17 — but the Razorbacks' n defense forced UCLA guard quick Raymond Townsend a 55 percent shooter into a miserable shooting night Arkansas Coach Eddie Sutton labeled the victory "a great win for us but an even greater one for the Southwest Conference "Four years ago it was not a very good conference" said Sutton "But now we feel like there are two or three teams in it that can play with anyone in the country" Delph finished with 23 points Moncrief added 21 and Brewer 18 Moncrief suffered a minor concussion collision and a possible back injury in a with Greenwood as Arkansas' stellar guard drove in for a layup "We don't think it’s anything serious right now but we'll just have to wait" said Sutton nt man-to-ma- last-minu- Division II finale near - Mo (UPI) If SPRINGFIELD NCAA Division II basketball officials could have handpicked the four teams they wanted to see in the tournament's meet semifinals before the began they couldn't have done much better than those that made it The semifinals tournament scheduled for Friday night at Southwest Missouri Slate University's Hammons Center match Cheyney State ( I’a ) 242 against Florida Tech 26-and Eastern Illinois 21-- 9 against 2 Wisconsin-Gree- n Bay 29-Df the four only Eastern Illinois which rlosed its season with nine straight wins was not ranked in the top four in the NCAA's final regular season poll Wisconsin-Gree- n Bay finished the regular season atop the NCAA rankings followed by Florida Tech in second and Chcyncy State in fourth Towson State (Md) which placed third in that poll was defeated in the regional finals by Elizabeth City Stale (NC) which in turn was ousted by 1 Eastern Illinois The Panthers of Charleston 111 may have an advantage heading into the tournament — they’re the only team among the four to have played on 4 3SS$£- 68-6- 6-- 6-- 2-- 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- 7 the Hammons court and are the only squad which has gone to the semifinal round in the past finishing third in 1976 However the other three teams are not without postseason experience Cheyney Slate which won its last six games has taken the East regional the last three years and is one of only right schools that have appeared in 10 or chammore Division II pionships Florida Tech which opened its doors in 19G8 is the newest school among the final four They have appeared in the last three division II tourneys and have not lost this year since Dec 13 At that time they dropped a 3 game to Rice but went on to win their last 24 post-seaso- n 65-6- straight Bay the lopranked has only lost decision to Division I power DePaul that stopped a winning streak The Phoenix have failed to win 2U games only once since 1971 but have failed to advance beyond regional competition prior to this season The championship and consolation contest are scheduled for Saturday Wisconsin-Gree- n team in the tournament once this season — in a 55-4- 9 23-ga- in-si- Intermountain ski report jjfer 6-- all-tim- cats start 6--6 freshman Alex Bradley at center 6 Reggie Robinson at the other forward and guards Rory Sparrow and Whitey Rigsby Herron averaging 20 points per game hopes the Wildcats can catch a few teams napping con“We’re just on going as centrating far as we can” said the senior from Washington DC "I think we're in a very good bracket and I hope we can slip by some teams before they know 6-- we're there" night ‘4Aaiw - 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