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Show 6A DESERET NEWS, March Saturday, 29, 1969 Sidelights: Referees Don't Stop! r.liller BfiacEt iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiniMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiih Too Tired By NICK YENGICH Deseret News Sports Writer PROVO --- The 12 referees officiating the NCAA wrestles here at BYU, probably own the title of most active mat participants. ' Not to say the wrestlers and those handling the paper work To Argue! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiitii' A pat on BYUs back for a job well done in hosting the National NCAA wrestling champion ships. their basketball The Cougars had to event. the for They added three palace nine more rings in an auxiliary gymnasium more than 350 offi mats in motion at one time cial wrestling matches in one day. More than a hundred schools had their ath415 wrestlers. letes in action Each athlete was given the champion's treatment. Each man was entitled to his fair try. arent ld six-rin- ee officiated g per night. And this .. f 4 Photos by Deseret News Photographer By NORM SHEYA The Matter Of Attitude - For Coach Harold Nichols," who holds a Ph.D. degree and was a NCAA champion exact- ly 30 years ago for Michigan,' it was his second NCAA championship at Iowa State; The Cyclones last won In 1965. Nichols has a habit of finin the last 15 ishing close years his team has placed first twice, second eitht times, an third four times. thing was noticeable with the NCAA few of the combatants comwrestling event of the officials. about decisions the plained The rules of the sport are well defined. Little Judgment is left to the officials. It isnt like the hacking foul in basketball or the holding foul in football. You cant give a man a completed pass for interference, for instance. Wayne Boyd of Temple. At 130, a giant struggle is expected to be waged hero with top seeded Stan McGuire of Oklahoma going against the college division champion and second seed Len Groom of Colorado State , (13-0-- . (25-0-0- ). I 7 I-- CVA- - , fen . Going into the final day of action, Iowa State had 84 points, Oklahoma 59, Oregon State 42, Michaigan State 40, and Cal Poly of San Louis Obispo (the college division champion), 37. Action conchdes in the BYU fieldhouse tonight with the 11 championship matches beginning at 7 p.m. Consolation action started Saturday afternoon.- p Theres no way that a can catch Iowa State by winning consolatioti or final matches Saturday; Thats what happedned last year as Iowa State finished second to OSU, by three measly points, , ; " i f i ! '' v ' ! ? 5 ;.v O ' y V -' - - C . ; ' V rkxJl At 145, Grant of over Ray ma State. 4 ' y vv ' ' - - Second seeded Len Groom of Cobra ado State College has.Marv Reiland, Northern Iowa, by the leg but has neck problem. Groom advanced to finals. d 130-poun- run-neru- Gasping For Air They can talk all they want about who does and who doesnt pollute our air. But its pretty thick when you have to fly instruments on a clear day at 9,500 feet to get through Utah and Salt Lake Valleys. We did Stevg Parker At 123, top seeded and unde- . it. . t feated Stan Keeley of Oklahoma is favored over sixth seed Oklahoma. Wrestling is a quick event, compared to the grueiin" mnrethons of fhe Olympics. It taxes your strength and your lung power but not to the degree that the sustained sports do. seem to be so subdued ; Moreover, wrestlers when they finish a match, expecially if they are defeated, that they cannot contest anyone under any circumstances. For the officials, thats the best way to have - Iowa' State, doing just what the doctor ordered, went out Friday and won the NCAA Wrestling Championship over favored PROVO - One ' Sergio Gonzales (second last year) meets Oregons John Miller, Who was seeded ninth. Deseret News Sports Writer There was some question as to whether the abor- 4,300 feet was too much for altitude some of the visiting lowlanders. Several people who had officated in the Mexico summer Olympics were on hand at BYU and those with whom I talked seemed to feel that there was no disadvantage with the thinner air. , I . "A ; f Rolph Cindrich of Pittsburgh makes one last effort to avoid pin by Oregon State's Jess Lewis. But it was not enough . . . moments later referee signaled pin for Lewis, the top heavyweight seed. And as such, it is a feather in a schools cap to have the event and its another feather in the fedora when you stage it with the competence that BYU officials did this one. f 81-7- And rather than losing the lead in the last day, Iowa State should pad its lead Sat- that the other day as we flew from the clear air of Lake Powell back to our Salt Lake City base. You wonder how people live in it. Or do we? urday with one man In consolation action and four men ia ' the finals. ' Really we dont make much sense in our pollution patter. We require the little motorist with the new car to attend to his engine fuels with expensive gadgets. Yet in driving in from Laramie the other day I couldnt pass several diesel trucks for great distances because I couldnt see past them for their own smoke. One truck would equal ten thousand cars or more I look at the little fume saver on my own car and wonder how ridiculous we can get. Dan Gable of Iowa State was expected to be around for the finals at 137 and has done a masterful job in winning four matches by falls. Thats the kind of performance one would expect from a man who haa never lost a high school or college match. But other Cyclones who battle tonight at 7 p.m. in the final matches are something of a surprise. Dave Martin, a finalist was seeded sixth after a second place fin ish in the Big Eight. He has fashioned some kind of mark with four straight shutouts (no wrestler has scored a single point)., No other wrestler in the tournament can boast of a similar mark. Elsewhere, everyone can hardly wait for the heavyweight finale which puts No. 1 seed Jess Lewis of Oregon State against the No. 2 man Jeff Smith. t Smith has the most fantas . . And as you look from the brink of the Salt Lake vallev rink and watch the smoke stacks dirty the air you know then why the elk and the deer prefer the high country even in the deep drifts of winter. tic record in the tournament if you go by pins. He has pinned every foe and In a total time of 9:50. Lewis had the lead going into the semifinals but losi it when Kent Osboe of Northern Iowa went the distance before losing 17-- Gable has pinned all his foes but trails Smith in total 16.42 to Smiths 9:50. time In the finals: At 115 pounds, fourth-seeded By United Press International The Boston Celtics and the San Francisco Warriors, the of the Nasupposed have-not- s tional Basketball Association playoffs, were fat cats today, each holding leads in their Next trip to Park City, Brighton or Alta take a reading on the valley pollution. Its thick enough to swim in. Its been said that people will some day flee to the tops. of the mountains. Like suffocating fish come to the top of the water gasping for air! I envy those eight bull elk we saw as we circled the rim of the Manti range. Theyre not eating as much as they will when the spring grasses green up, but theyre breathing better than most of us other mammals. 2-- best-of-sev- top seeded Mike Oklahoma favored Murphy of Oklaho- Grant has defeated Murphy twice this year. At 160, Geo McGlory appears well on his way to winning his first NCAA title after two years at a runnerup spot. He has two wins this year over Martin of Iowa State. At 167, John Woods of Cal Poly of San Louis Obispo and Jason Smith of Iowa State, square off in a battle of the No. 1 and 2 seeds. At 191, Tom Kline of Cal Poly is a big favorite over Bob Grimes of San Diego State, the only unseeded wrestler to make it to the finals. There were upsets Friday. Defending champion Ken Melchior, defending NCAA champion at 115, lost in his bid for crown when the Wes Caine of Northern Illinois won in overtime. But the big shocker came at 177 pounds, when unseeded Strellner of Iowa Verlyn pinned the favorite, Charlie Shivers of Oklahoma. This was actually the death' note for the once-favore- d Sooner. series outstanding defense. King, in a reserve role, hit for seven crucial baskets in a row and finished with 18 points. Jerry Wests 36 points kept the Lasers in the contest. The Boston battle left 76er isnt a g See Page 8 tor the NCAA wrestling summary of the round by rounds results. A-- awarding points, deciding rule and of course, checking for pins. The 12 officials are home-base- d around the Rockies and but one Pascal Midlands, Perri traveled from Merrick, N.Y. Most are tied to wrestling through high school coaching and several show successful records of winning while grooming national champions. Rex Edgar, Perry High, has Oklahoma, coached his wrestlers to the state championship in six of the last eight years. One of his proteges, Len Groom in the 130-lclass, wrestles tonight for the national cham p i o n s h i p against Dava McGuire, another Oklahoman. Another referee, Bob of Waterloo, Iowa, could see his third high school coached-nationchampion in two years tonight. Siddens, of Waterloo West, coached Dan Gable and Dale Anderson in prep school. Last year Gable, representing Iowa title State, won the 130-lwhile Anderson, representing Michigan State, won the 137-lcrown. Gable the is pinner favored to win the this year. How many college msches end with one wrestler pinning the other? Not many or as many as we expected. Only 61 of the 361 championship matches through the semifinals ended with the referee slapping the mat. The smaller wrestlers win by decision while the heavies pile up the pins. UCLA, Gonzales, Sergio scored the only pin in the 115-lclass in 28 matches, stopping Stanley Diamond, Indiana State. Only two wrestlers posted pins in 32 123-lmatches while Gable counted for four of the six pins in the infractions Perry, Sid-de- pancake 137-titl- e ... class. 137-l- The top pin men were the heavy weights, with matches ending by fall. Jeff Smith, Michigan State, stopped his four opponents in a total time of 9:50. 14-2- 6 Coach Jack Ramsay stunned but still hopeful. He recalled the Celtic championship drive of last year saying Boston was down last year and came back and won. We can do it too. . 3-- 1 against the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Celtics, lagging fourth 8y Unlltd pr lnterntiorl (Bast tf Savtn Sarlas) place finisher in the Eastern WEST EAST Division, ripped the second L W Boston 1 100 San Frantitc 2 0 76ers to place re! Philadalotoa pieces, B .000 Lo Ansalts 1 t Now 1 ooo York t t Friday night, making their Atlanta Bahlmora .000 I San Ditao t victory margin of Pntfay't Ratulti Saturday's Gamas San Francisco 107, Lo Angalaa Wednesday night look puny. Baltlmnra at Nrw York Boston 13a, phliMelphla 103 San Dlago at Atlanta Boston Ians (Only aamti achcduiad) acclaimed Larry Siegfried as their man of the hour, after Larry sparked a decisive third quarter scoring spree. Larry veteran Sam Jones, who had been ejected after only 3:37 of th first quarter. Siegfried tossed in 15 of his 20 points Sa 30 23 43 103 Tatals Totals II 21 42 124 during the third period. The Lot Ansam X 23 29 25 35 27 21 37 Celtics had trailed 7 at the Personal tools Larusso Lea 5, 2. Mullins a, Atties a. Kins A Personal fouls: Phllade'ph'a, Imhof end of one. led by 4 at the Thurmond Ellis a, Lawis 3. Turntr ( Baylor 5. Greer 5, Clerk A Cunnirgham 3, Jones J, 3, Counts S, Chamberlain , Erickson 5, Walker 7; Goukas 2t Green 2; Wilson. half. Esan 3, Hewitt 1, Crawford 1. Boston Russell a. Sanders S, Howell 5, Total fouls: San Francisco For the Lakers, the 3f, Los Bryant 3, Hselictk 2, Nalson 3. Chanty, 75. .Siegfried. loss to San Francisco was a Angtles A 15,119. Total fouls: Philadelphia 23. Boston 39. nightmare. Wilt Chamberlain, who had scored only 11 points in the first playoff loss, could get only 10 Friday as the WarCollection time is riors clogged the middle and forced Los Angeles to shoot his payday from far outside. When your carrierboy comes t(f Collect, Nate Thurmond scored 27 pease make sure youre ready. With the points for the Warrior and dominated the boards by comright change, it possible He'll appreciate it with t broad smue and a ''Thank you". ing down with 28 rebounds You see, because he is m business tor himand blocking a dozen shots. A self, your newspapeibo.1 depends on the full of Laker castoffs, Rudy pair collection of his 'Oile for his full profit. Larusso and Jim King, teamed Repeat calls mean extra work with no extra with Thurroond to put the ive the boy a break. And thanks! profit. Lakers in deep trouble. 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The tabulation of the results and the preparation of the brackets, in addition to the interpretaall this is part of the pie. It's a tion of the rules big dish. ' busy. matches through the semifinals, then an additional 47 consolation bouts, each refer, Sam Jones, Celtics, and NBA ref Mendy Rudolph do some shoving while Emmette Bryont (rear) tries to calm lh?m in NBA playoff. 9 V . So-g- i j |