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Show TTTrr m w m ? Hack f1ille ? f rsf 3JS v DESERET NEWS, rtf Cl." 15, January Wednesday, Case Of ... i Kari Liimo Cats, U., Wok :ied 4lijll!!!i;il!lllllllllllllli;ill!!lllllllll!lllllllllllll)l There are some basketball backers who might have wondered about the demise of Kari Liimo, the fine Finn from the BYU basketball team. By GEORGE m . invade the State. Nuff said! race, rate icans ns fidence up. jy. . It might take a master psychologist to untangle the Kari Liimo puzzle. There would be those who might have to take him back to what his fa- ther and mother might have done to him in his baby days. . - But there a out be time for that this season. Coach Stan Watts might have to do what he did last bench the big man until hes worth Saturday 'using, go with Paul Ruffner and Scott Warner in the meantime. - patterns. Beehive Mahler is beginning to learn ' more and more why he is 10 inches above six feet. His 16 first half points against USU helped the Utes get off to their century run. He Is averaging nine points an outing.! SCORING VOID Kari Liimo was a scorihfc void in BYU's loss to the Aggies last time i it. Liimo, it seems, is susceptible to pre& sure. And pressure is M Wyoming long suit. Watts needs that scoring punch and may tlO some experimenting. He could solve it, likely, by simultane- ous use of twin post meq, Paul Ruffner and Scott Wat? ner. But that tvould eliminate a post backup man. salad. In the history of the league, stranger things have happened. Between cactus and mountains, the WAC is famous for its road rigors. . At Utah, the sophomorish M.G.N. boys are beginning to mean "More Good News for Jack Gardner. Soph starters Jim Mahler, Kenny Gardner and Mike Newlin are cutting Olympus Stuns Leopards, By DAVE ? Olympus rough and tumble Brian Pavlish and hustling m X' cr. ; Dead Or Alive, Let's Go And Ave shall! DMrtt Ntwi SECTION C ... first quarter and the end of the last quarter. At the end of the 15 first quarter, the East had a 9 .6. 11. 12. 20 point lead. In the last quarter, Robertson Oscar Robertson ,eame off the liench to join Mon. . . most valuable 10 roe. The East led, but ......12 Robertson scored on a couple of 12 three-poin- t plays, stole some with the game. Ipasses and the East ran away Earlier in the quarter, Mon traagar, lira. third quarter Then, as neared a close. Knight entered the score scene. The rangy Knight scored three TI RES 86-8- sell-ou- Chamberlains rebounding and defensive play, and Elgin Baylor's Inspired, energetic play and by Wilt team-leadin- j g Wilt closed off the middle for the East at the start of the sec 11 13 Hudson .2 45 f Kolis 4 3 17 12 !2 ;3 14 6 14 01 4 4 4 5 10 lafcusso Mullins Sloan VarArsdal Wllkeni Ilf Lucas cG!oclin Moirce Reed Rob fi 'Ison Russel Unseld Htlftime: East 40 West 9 Total fouls: 30. East 24 Attendance; 12.341 wt 44 4 1 I 2 4 5 8 1 5 M? 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He rifled a pass the length of the East scored only two baskets in a stretch of 10 minutes. 'l the floor to g Baltimore teammate Gus Johnson, But Reed and Unseld scored six and took a similar pass from and seven points, respectively, in the latter part of the third pePhiladelphias Bill Cunningham. Other solid contributes for riod, as the East moved ahead the East were Baltimore rook- again, The game was viewed by a ie center Westley Unseld. who t Baltimore Civic ''enter scored 11 points and grabbed 8 Crowd of 12,348, and a national rebounds in 14 minutes, Willis Reed of New York, who scored television audience (on ABC). 10 points in 14 minutes, and To accommodate the television 17 time outs were called. Johnson, who led the team in crew, j rebounds with 10 and scored 13 I AST 193, WEST 11) O P T Won p t! East points. 5 1112 ?t Baylor M 3 Bing 12 Caldwell 10 4 Cunningham The West comeback in the 2 4 Chamberlain Greer 43 4 2 5 Goodrich Havlhek 32 14 second and third quarters was Johnson 33 11 Haves SI 13 i TV Highlights Obituaries Weather Map Action Ads s Pavlish pumped away to keep pace with Easts giant Steve Breeze who rarely misses a shot. MW; j ...... Photo by W. Claudel! Johnson Olympus' "Mr. Intimidator" Brent Mangum (25) snatches ball from East's Norm Mcxfield. Titans Brian Pavlish, (31) and Greg Knight (32) watch. 3-- 6 . 3-- 7 31; Griffin 3 I; Hewlett0 0 0; Totals 3! half-fille- Farrell Titans owning a 1 won-lomark with Easts stymied Leopards. 6-- 6 All-St- Theater Financial East Workman Bncze 12 14; 18-2- All-St- 35-1- Olympus n B II Hi Horsaly 4 at the first quarter. - Sports City, Regional oirnMn ft, last East 16-1- 0 By STEVE MORROW scored 21. Oscar collected the 'MVP trophy, and the East won BALTIMORE (UPI) Richie the game, 124 112. Guerin, conch of the losing Robertson has now played In Western Division team, told the nine games in nine of 19th the annual NBA story won MVP awards, three years, game before it was and only been on a losing side played. once. Thanks largely to him, the "With (Oscar) Robertson and East, where Cincinnati has been Monroe (Earl; starting, the placed hi most of his career, East has more firepower at has a edge in the series. guard than we do, he said. "If It was a good unit effort, we can hold their guards to 25 he said. Im happy to win the points (between them) instead MVP award, and glad we were of 45, w e can win. Oscar scored 24 points, Earl able to w in. East coach Gene Shue. of the host team Baltimore Bullets, used Robertson and Monroe together consistently only In the Pavlish and Breeze shared Mangum Avas rushed to the flow when East surged to a Manlead. The cat-lik-e gum sparked a brief rally that ssw the Titans trailing 2 (Sr&Ibs Big The win knots Division Two of Region Two with the Ken Mangum, a junior who is geared for big things with a free reign, got the "go sign to start. Moments later he was benched. Moments after that the Titans trailed. It might shock some people to pick up their papers and read where they have been displayed in the obit column. But Lowell must have just went to breakfast that morning, smelled his poached eggs and toast, concluded he was still with us. He nailed this reporter a clipping, at the bottom of which, he quipped, "Dead or alive, lets yo skiing! South y Pavlish, a Titan footballer, took his grid scrap to the floor Tuesday, rebounded well and scored several "downfield conversions while racking up 29 big points. all-ti- er . victory m gym Tuesday. half-empt- Back in Norman Thomas, the perpetual candidate for the presidency of the United States, passed away. There were the usual obituaries and in one of the small country issues the picture of Lowell Thomas was mistakenly published for Norman Thomas. ;1 , Diminutive guard Glade Curtis scored a pair of charities and Mangum sneaked in another to ice the victory. 58-5- 3. 79-7- 3 So saying, careful Kari might set an 'scoring record against Wyoming and New Mexico this week. If he did it couldnt happen to a nicer guy! , . 76-6- scored two quick Mistakes came into play. Mangum ones to push Olympus ahead, Game control was lost on ocBreeze plunked in five casion with the temper of play to force a forcing confusion onto the straight points from freeze floor. Olympus. Turnboth teams followed. overs by Efforts by East to get the ball to giant Breeze saw the Easts fans cheered wildly Leopards stay within striking while Pavlish went to the distance. charity lane for a must Pavlish scored those d stands East's came to life. The Leopards two and seconds later moved Brent (The Intimidator) Man-gumauled East for three quarters to score a stunning Region Two cage upset player who peaked out as a sophomore. Many have done it. Many things could have happened. Maybe the coach didnt offer the opportune patterns of play; maybe the styles didnt stay or the defenses got tougher. - , 9 with a it to conversion. 53-5- 6, 44-3- 8 ' Peak Out A Sophomores Liimo, however, isnt the first basketball - . 79-7- 3 dosed it to three points, with Jim Horsley waxing hot with guard Dan Griffin. But straight baskets to move the Titans to a comfortable third quarter lead. t KADLECK-Desere- News Sports Writer . . . . ' Liimo usually comes out ol his shell on the home hardHell like'y start. woods. L e R o y Maughan showed promise at Logan. their varsity teeth for sure. ' . up-fro- SOPHS SHINE Surely Liimo became a marked man everyone laid their defenses to thwart him. This might have affected his play. But then talent is always marked. To make it under that extreme pressure is what makes the man. : (6-5- There have been all kinds of bowls lately in the football world. Gardner and Watts, though, would like to stir up a little hoop bowl of their own . . a mixing bowl Their thinking is this: If the Utes and Cougars could rope the Cowboy and corner the Lobo, they would toss a real crazy, early season WAC possible that BYU has gone too far on this confidence binge. Maybe wrhat Liimo needs most isnt so much apron string as some sitting time on the bench. Sometimes that is the best confidence cure. Gaid held him 10 points below Ids average. Gardner ) is the WACs leading rebounder at a 10.8 clip. And he's scoring 112 per game. MIXING BOWL? Its Utah State, Against ner was told to keep the lid on Ag great, Marvin Roberts. He six-ye- The Mysteries Of Mankind . man-ma- Thursday But a player has to be his best all the time to are and not just when they have their con-- ; , ' Kenny Gardner has been zone backbone of a which' defensive clmngeup befuddled the Trojans and fouled op the Aggie offensive switcheroo comes and Saturday: Thursday (8 p.m.) Utah and the Lobos; BYU and the CowThe Redboys. Saturday skins and Wyoming (1:30 p.m.); The Cougars and New Mexico (8 p.m.). kid-Ka- . TOl Gll DEFENSE The big A , FERGUSON A Salt Lake City to Provo echo from Utahs Jack Gardner to Br igham Youngs Stan Watts: Whatta way to start league play. Wyoming and New Mexico, of the Western Conference Athletic hoop be-ca- , points on 78 per cent, field shooting and 92 per cent line accuracy. At 18 points per game, he's No. 7 in the WAC. , State. Nuff said. Assistant Sports Editor Kari was as a sophomore. He was destined to be the finest Finn who ever He was sure to make it. His junior year he Avon only a second-teaberth. And if he plays another game like he did against Utah State Saturday night in Logan he wont make the BYU travelling squad. What has caught Kari up in this slide to second and third place? Brigham Young athletic experts keep talking about confidence. They say that Kari, who came to BYU with quite a language handicap and may-S be some complex complexes, JrrniXmmA ri has to be handled in a Liimo one No of sort glove way. ' has doubted, who has seen the man play, that when hes going his greatest hes one of the best in bas- - ketball. Newlin is on cloud 9 and I Gardner (Coach Jack, that Is) ; hopes lie stays airborne this wins. week. In two tui against Southern Cal and, Utah has; Slate, Newlin plunked in 24 of 31 goals and 23 of 23 foul pitches. That's 71 2195 South Main St. 3 |