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Show For Sports Information For Sports Information Call 524-15- 01 Call 521-15- 01 Salt Lake City, Utah Saturday Section D John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor Duffy Daugherty Predicts College Grid Playoff LUBBOCK. TEX. (UP) -The West, blessed with a talented group of players including five from national champion Southern California, rated a touchdown favorite over the East for Saturday nights 13th annual Coaches football game. needle and dodged said: Ive been m a lot of r these gamas and one thing I know for sure is that I never know whos going to win. The team that is he always seems tu underdog v ant to play harder and lo try exand prove the wrong perts Jordans all-sta- East Coach Ralph Shug I Jordan of Auburn saidhate to put the hat on any coach, but John McKay ought to be favored in this game, lies got some of his own players and then gets to pick from Oklahoma, Texas . and Nebraska. Id say to make the West the favorite would be a step in the nght direction. McKay, the West mentor - Duffy Daugherty, the former Michigan State football coach who debuts as a TV commentator Saturday, believes the college football program will force a playoff senes for the national championship. LUBBOCK But I dont agree that a playoff should interfere with the traditional bowl games, Duffy explained. The playoff games would serve to complement the bowl games, he added. Southern from Such was the case last year when the underdog East routto tie the seed the W est nes at six games apiece. 42-2- 0 time. It will all depend on how I feel Saturday night. The 6 30 pm MDT kickoff will be televised nationally and some 45,000 fans will be looking on m Jones Stadium. who ran the tnple option cessfully at Alabama, will get the starting call. California, Honestly, I probably won't decide anything until about 7 pm. Saturday. In an all star game like this, I dont prefer to pick out anyone ahead of JorGuys phenomenal, dan raved He kicked one 80 yards out here that hit the goalpost. McKay said the most impressive West player has been flanker Steve Holden of Arizona State. I m championship. The objection has been raised that a playoff would extend the season, but I doubt that. Teams now are playing in the first week m September and generally the regular season ends the second or third week in November. Obviously, this was a little slap at some of the bowls where teams with 4 records were playing for postseason honors. 6-- I think the television money from this football tournament should be pooled and divided up among all the colleges and universities playing the major or university classification football. post-seaso- I n dont know how much that would mean, but I would guess each school playing football might be given for this tournament fund. The actual gate $25,000 receipts would be shared by the competing teams. Is football reaching a saturation point on TV? Chuck Howard, the producer for ABC TV, admits last year a survey indicated TV of football might be approaching a point of too much exposure. Telecasts Show Decline The Monday night football telecasts were off 1 percent. Our college football was down 2 percent and the other network pro broadcasts were down between 8 and 10 percent, so we are close to saturation. I would like to go Howard added, However, ahead against a pro game in the TV ratings with our proposed college championship playoff against that phoney playoff format Pete Rozelle has developed for the NFL, Duffy chimed in, We are just getting interest in college football when the season ends. Then we have nothing but pro football on the tube and In the press for five weeks until the super bowl in mid-Januar- Pro football has great athletes and great performers, but the pro game can never match the college game in excitement and the unexpected. Take my job as commentator. They have warned me that I wont have as much time between plays to talk as Howard Cosell and Don Meredith have. Mine will I guess. have to be Duffy confessed that he and Johnny McKay, the coach of national champion USC, were confirmed optimists. Johnny was so optimistic as a kid his parents decided to teach him a lesson. When Johnny was 9, he hung his stocking on Christmas Eve. His dad filled Lie stocking with manure to dim Johnnys optimism. But McKay took one look at the stocking and the manure and started rummaging. His dad heard him beaming, With that manure, theres bound to be a pony around here someplace. Duffy feels the red shirt rule, finally adopted by the Big 10, was a good idea. During the many years I was coaching at Michigan State I saw a lot of football coaches fired. But the facul-t- v men who make these eligibility rules, I never saw one of them fired. After they make the rides, they should be forced to coach the team, Duffy laughed. one-liner- s, Observation Ward The man who said no man Is an Mand nv, nwt riKplj hrn'ole'itt never M 4 Bv John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor A few of the LUBBOCK professional football coaches discourage their rookies from games such playing in as the Coaches game here Saturday night, but not John Ralston. all-st- Associated There should be a rule that no team with three losses, even a conference champion, should be playing for the national championship, Duffy continued. AVr - Polls Create Interest A committee could be appointed to select the eight teams. Trie NCAA has so many committees now one more wont make any difference. A. Advantages if I would not be in favor, particularly, in matching the top teams in the polls for a national championship, he added. I think you could pick the champions of seven najor conferences and add the top independent for an eight-teachampionship tournament, he added. got some Ralston Cites Grid Game take eight teams and play the quarterfinal games the next week, which would lengthen the season just one more week for the four losers. You could play the semifinal games the next Saturand the finals the first weekend in December. That day wouldnt interfere with the bowl games and might heighten the interest with possible replay of some of the tournament games in the bowls later on. col- veve said You Polls are good because they create interest in but they are not necessarily accurate. football, lege know pretty good linemen too but it is hard to tell about them since they are usually just standing in one place, McKay The Coaches football game will be televised Saturday at 6 30 p m. MDT ov er Channel 4 n V t Mississippi. On The Screen games never were designed to crow n national champions. With several conferences aligned regularly with bowls, it would be just a coincidence if the two best teams were pitted in a game to decide tl c 1 4bV The standout player for the East in practice has been punter Ray Guy of Southern McKay is keeping his start- ing lineup to himself, saying, "I" W suc- McKay will choose his starting quarterback from the duo of Dan Fouts of Oregon and Ty Paine of Washington State. Jordan wnl have quarterbacks Terry Davis of Alabama and Don St rock of Virginia Tech at the controls. Davis, Bowl post-seaso- r West Gridders Have Edge SprtsMirrorhy i Iage One 23. 1973 Morning-Ju- ne Press Wtreohoto during semifinal match in Rothman's win. test. Nastase took three-se- t Romania's Ilie Nastase, the Wimbledon favorite, uound up in this spot After 67 Withdraw - 2 worlds leading stars walked out of the tournament which begins Monday. Club went The ahead with a full draw of 128 players in the mens singles, filling the gaps by throwing Angels Lose Another To Dukes Special to The Tribune ALBUQUERQUE-- A lack of hitting at the nght times led to Salt Lakes second straight defeat here Fnday night as three Albuquerque; using pitchers, edged the Angels, into the hopper those from the qualifying competition. Parts of the list had a second-rat- e look. Many of the men competing are unknown to British fans. Bitterness began building up among the players after the Association of Tennis Professionals had confirmed the boy-cto protest the ouster of Nikki Pihc of Yugoslavia. members ATP Four Nastase, Roger Taylor of Britain and South Afncans Bob Maud and Byron Bertram-def- ied the association and told officials Wimbledon they would play. Jack Kramer, executive director of ATP, announced that all four would have to appear before a disciplinary committee of the Association. The committee is headed by American Stan Smith, reigning 1 am eager to have our players learn a bit more from the different college coaches before they report to us Thats a reason too where we want the college redshirt to play his final season before joining the professionals Ralston then observed, Wimbledon champion who is a Paul Howard, the ofttnsne member of the ATP executive we dratted from board and is himself one of lineman an example. I feel sethe players boycotting the BYU, is riously that Paul may develop prestigious grass court event. into one of the finest linemen Nastase, who is staying with in pro football. his wife, Dominique, in a Howard, during a break in hotel occupied entirely by the final workout Friday afATP players, said he would ternoon. said, These are check out and move to anothgreat players on both teams er hotel. and this lias been a great exis very perience for me. But I know The atmosphere one thing Even though we Nastase said. unpleasant, dont get the national publiciTay.J'- cnanged his mind ty, the WAC players dont twice before deciding to defy have to feel inferior to these ATP. Just as the draw was men from other areas We are about to start he telephoned as big, as strong and as tough Club and said as any of them the he would not play. A few minPete VanValkenburg. who utes later he phoned again and led the nation in rushing last asked to be put in the draw. year, has become Hie Bntish tennis officials were goat ot the west jubilant over Taylors decicamp. sion. He is Britain's most popJohnny McKay, the West ular player. coach from USC, was noting m his press conference Fnday the necessity of making the offense simple with only seven or eight practice sessions. about Talk simplifying National League we McKay said, things, have a guy running fullback Eastern Division Won Lost Pet who hasn't learned left from 29 580 40 Chicago 5 5 32 29 Montreal nght. We say fullback nght 32 33 492 St Louis 33 29 468 and he still hasnt gone the New York 29 36 446 Phhodelphu 35 28 444 right direction twice m a row. Pittsourgh Western Division Finally we tell him to run at 44 25 Los Angeles 29 42 San Francisco the only tight end on the field 28 32 Houston with a red hat and he still 31 36 Cincinnati 29 40 Atlanta runs the wrong way. 21 48 The Angels outhit the Dukes. but failed to come up vv ith the key base hit With good sconng chances in the third and eighth innings, both Charlie Sands and Doug Howard rapped into double plays. Eddie Solomon, who entered the game with a record, was the winning pitcher. He was not around at the finish, leaving after five with a sore arm and leading Bruce Ellmgsen and Jerry Stephenson protected the lead. 7 Billy Parkers 15th homer of the year off Ellmgsen in the but the seventh made it Dukes scored a fourth run in the eighth off Monty Montea-gudBill Kirkpatrick took his third loss in six decisions He had trouble, similar to Dick Langes problem Thursday night, in the first inning, giving up three runs on a walk, three singles and an error by Dave Chalk. Chalk, incidentally, made his first error since coming to the Angels three weeks ago from El Paso. John Doherty singled home the first Angels run in the third. Stephenson came on in the eighth when the Angels had two runners aboard with two down and got Parker to ground out. ' The third game of the series will be played Saturday night with Don Rose pitching for Salt Lake The Angels return home Tuesday to face div ision leader Tucson in a e good-nature- d Baseball Standings 4 2. American League Eastern Division Won Lost Pet t ew York Milwaukee Baltimore Boston Detroit Cleveland 37 35 30 552 31 31 28 31 32 33 42 530 525 492 492 373 32 25 Gft Western Division 34 34 36 37 34 22 Cnicago Minnesota Oaklord Kansas City California Texas 548 540 529 529 28 29 32 33 31 523 39 3ol Fridays Results Texas 3, Konsas Citv 0 California 4 Minnesota 3 Oakland 7 Chicago Milwaukee 8 Cleveland 2 New York 5 Detroit 4 Baltimore at Boston (2), opd . rain Saturdays Probable Pitchers Oakiond (Fisher (Hunter at Chicago 113) at Minneso- California (Singer ta (Hands at New York Detroit (Fryman (McDowell Konsos City at Texos (Broberg ) (Spilttorff at MilwauCleveland (Bosnian kee (S to ton night at Boston Baltimore (Alexander night (Pattin Forrest Fezler, American Golf Classic leader, gestures with hand after sinking birdie putt. John, former Utah State coach who went to Stanford and then to the Denver Broncos, watched a workout Friday afternoon and admitted, 1 want the college players we draft to play as much football as possible. Sure they might r game get hurt m an but more players are hurt m auto accidents Nastase: Wimbledon Favorite Bookies LONDON (AP) made Ibe Nastase of Romania a favorite Fnday to win Wimbledon after 67 of the Associated Pi ess Wireohoto Fezler Cards 65, Takes Big Lead OHIO (AP) -FFezler. victim of a heartbreaking loss earlier this a fashioned season, 65 and swept into sole couliol of the second round lead Friday m the $100,000 American Golf ClasAKRON. orrest sic The stubby, FeIei d'dnt have a bogey in the first 36 holes as he put tod total of gether a 132, eight under par on the Firestone Country Club course, one of the longest and most demanding layouts the touring pros play all year. two-roun- 7,180-yar- r, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer were in a group at 139. Nicklaus had a 70 and Palmer slipped to 71. said Not loo bad, I guess, Nicklaus, who took a doublebogey 7 on the 16th hole. Anytime youre under par after two rounds on Firestone you're not doing too bad. Big Lead Fezler, Fezler, who lost to Lee Trevino m the nationally televised final round of the Jackie Gleason Classic earlier this season, e lead over owned a defending champion Bert Yanfour-strok- cey. Yancey, who blazed over the final nine holes with a stun28, also ning had a 65 and a 136 total for two rounds. seven-under-p- US Open champion Johnny Miller, tied with Fezler at the end of the first days play, matched par 70 on the long, lush layout and war tied at 137 with Australian Bruce Crampton. Newly-crowne- almost of winner in this, his second 360,000 year the tour, matched the course record with a 31 on the front nine and missed only two greens in his solid effort. on Birdie Player mustachioed The stocky, Fezler birdied the first hole from 15 feet and reached the par 5 second with a three-woo- d second shot to set up another one. d Crampton, a win- three-tim- e ner already this year, had a on He rolled in an the fourth hole and scored from 30 feet on the sixth. His only birdie coming home was on the 15th where he lashed a two Iron to within eight feet of the flag on the 230-yar- 3. par d second round of 67. The group at 138 two under par but a distant six strokes ICE TEA NOW THRU tffiZJUlYS0 S AK 3. vwrvT'FVV Half Was that VanValkenburg? I kidded as the press conference ended. OIC Gallon iff: WiJ San Diego Frfdoys Results Montreol 4 Philadelphia 2 New York 5, Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 3 Chicago 0 Aflanra 7 San Diego 3 Los Angeles 3, Cincinnati 2, nmgs San Francisco 5 Houston 1 Saturdays Probable Pitchers Houston (Reuss at San Francisco (Bryant at Montreal Philadelphia (Brett ) (Moore night , New York (McAndrew ot Pittsburgh (Ellis night Chicago (Pappas 35) at St Louis (Wise 9 3). night Cincinnati and Hall (Norman at Los Angeles (Messersmith 7 5 and John 2, twmight Atlanta (Reed 4 8 and Nlekro at Snr. Diego (Caldwell and Kirby 2 6), 2, twmight. d back of Fezler included former PGA champion A1 Geiber-geLanny Wadkms, John Mahaffey and Ed Sneed. Wad-km- s and Mahaffey matched 67s in the warm, sunny weather while Sneed and Geiberger had 68s. At Your Neighborhood HEBER VALLEY MILK DEPOTS I won't sav, McKay but he's got a Y snapped, Col. 2 See Page This Special Enda Sal.. 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