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Show Bty ini TT'idy 'rjf". I"l'fw-'- i u ")i yr "txr ur'y E2sdi Ollier 'i' : t-- ' s I N I 524-444- 8 i l!!lllll!!lll!!Iinil!'il!lIII!!!nilHllinil!minillll!IIIIIIIIIH!imnRMiniI f 1 . XX3 Wednesday, November 12, 1969 M - V - 's WAC Scribes Put Basketball Heat On Arizona, Utah V Hayes is supposed to be to Lew Alcindor of the Milwaukee Bucks what Chamberlain was to Rusell. By HCK MILLEP. Deeiet News Spoits Editor The old round ball has been bounced up on the boards for nearly a month now and the Western Athletic Conference basketball have their mind- - prettv well made up as to how their teem- - will be for t e Dec. 1 start. Hayes plays for San Diego. He is San Diego. He is the franchise the whole sheHe bang. gets about Ten w liter; met in Denver recently to bear the eight WAC coaches and four independents (Utah State. Air Force. New Meuo State and Denver) and the vote had Arizona the winner for this season. The rest lined up 3s follows in the pre-- s prognostication: Utah. BYU, ITEP, Wyoming. Arizona State, Color do State and New Mexico. ten-ma- a year and $200,000 some concessions above more than the rest is Thats so it reported. that, of the players have, if they totaled all their take. The way Hayes played in the Salt Palace Monday night he isn't worth it The Rockets got off their pads better when Hayes was on the bench. According to acute observers of San Diego affairs Hayes is the most uncoachable player in basketball. What can the coach say to a man who makes many times the take the coach does? Or to a man who feels that what he might know about basketball is more than anyone else knows. (The Deseret News was the only representative Deseret New photo western side of the -- lope). Team by team here is tiie wav they tlnee weeks before their first games; Oauoeil jornson bv W Almost, but not enough! Salt Lake's Ted Hodgson (1 0) al lost scored on this shot but the slippery disc didn't want to go in for the Eagles. Phoenix's Chris Evans (2) and goalie Rich Charron watch it while Bob Toothhill (11) in background has high hopes. By DAN PATTISON Deseret News Sports Writer Ask Salt Lake Golden Eagle mentor Ray Kmasewieh what the difference was between his club and Phoenix Tuesday and hell probably say, They just proved what hard work Kojis is the old pro of the club the only one with any time in pro play. Yet Hayes is the man who fronts the force. Hes the big E! Its this kind of split which has hurt pro basketball in many cities. In pro football there may be dissent of sorts but you cant recognize it as quickly as you can in pro basketball. will do. Anyone who saw Elvin Hayes in action Monday would contend that the man had as much ability as anyone in basketball. But to see that talent trimmed because of temperament or attitude, leaves a lot to be desired. I cant take anything away from Phoenix, they hustleu and kept us off balance, Conti ast Jerry Lucas, Jeff Mullins, Joe Ellis, late Thurmond, Stu Lantz and many of the others on the Monday court They came to play. Basket--' .ball was their business. They acted as if the people . rwho paid to see them were interested in the action. The Phoenix Roadrunners whitewashed the Eagles, in Western Hockey League action at the Salt Palace Tuesday night. But that was just thp beginning of bad news for the Eagles. When it rains it pours. Phoenixs Harry Shaw and Golden Eagle Captain Billy The Golden Jet McNeill went to the boards hard in the second perkid. The result: the popular Eagle was carried from the ice on s stretcher. at the LDS Hospital disclosed a broken tibia bone in the leg and tom deltoid , The difadded Kinasewich. ference was they skated and we didn't 3-- t To Hatch A Few Dollars - , t That brings up a point of local interest 1 Many basketball teams are looking for a cozy nest Salt Lake has been looked upon a3 a place to ifiy to, to hatch a few of the dollars that the sport y ; I j . spawns. . Franchises 11' uc costly. It takes pstroruigs to See MILLER ob Page D-- 7 ligaments in the ankle. Surgery was required today, according to Eagle trainer Howard Adams, to repair the torn ligaments. It was a bitter blow. Salt Lake fans seemed to have adopted McNeills offeiisve style. The former WHL Most Valuable Player will be out of action for at least 12 weeks. Kinasewich We continued, werent centering our attack. were going around in circles like a bunch of individuals. But they made us play the way we did. We Even when we did hare opportunity, we blew it because wa. were anticipating that they would be there on top of us with the pressure forcing us to make mistakes. fte Roadmnner goalie Rich Charron and Eagle Russ Gil-lodid great jobs. Gillow had 27 saves and Charron was credited with 25 steps. Its a tough job being a goalie because he has to be mentally ready as well as physically. Cue lapse liieaii-- s a gOai for the opponents. w was able to scoie each period Rightw irger Frank Hughes got assisted by Larry Lund and Andre Hinze to bang it home at 18:35 in the first period. Eagle Lyle Bradley and Roadrunnei Andre Hinze brought the fans to their feet when they hoc1 d up in a Both players 'Pier Sixer. drew tive minute penalties, for braw ling. Milan Marcetta, who made his presence known in moie ways than one, scored at 15:00 in the second period. He gained assists from Bob Char-leboand Don Schick. There was not too much for the Salt Lake fans to cheer about Tuesday night. Phoenix In is In the waning seconds of the Bill Snow game, put the capper on the scoring. He found the Eagle net unattended for about a shot right-wing- er Road-runne- ls 140-fo- Salt Lake left the goal unattended in the final minute, because rney needed the e. u otlensive man m for goais. They needed gnals not defence at the time. Rollie Wilcox took a pass from McNeill in the second period to core. But Salt Lake was called for offside. That seemed to be the story for the Eagles. Late in the second period, PJlan Lyons: 'Bettier Than Eve? By BRENT CHECKETTS Deseret News Sports Writer y P3 0 ' 93 uo , 93 93 Uk i . 1 rx-- PROVO Marc Lyons for the most part of his three varat Brigham sity seasons Young has been what you might call an unsung quarterback. . Hes been a starter for most tO? those three seasons and has tfone BYU coach Tommy Hud-- : ; speth a good job. He's accu- Ululated some fairly impre--- ! holds .give passing statistics two Brigham Young season passing records. . J has Neertheless. Lyons never been the quarterback to gpt rave notices from the press. It seems like when he s bad good days, someone else m the Western Athletic Con- ference or Utah area has had J better ones. At least that's the way it . .'Was until two weeks ago, when Lyons stepped out of the ordinary as.d came up with a prformance that has to be labeled great. The from Arvada, Colo , completed 19 passes in 25 tries against Arizona, for 238 yards and two touchdowns Marcs completion percentage for that game 76 percent is a WAC record Lyons, who has only two games remaining in his BYU catfei, didn't let up last week against San Jose State. He - - w & 4 - - ri 4 aei tals U r 29 raids and tlnee dowris Fot the last two gime-- , then Marc has connected on 33 of 4 parses tor 477 yatds and fne touchdowns. Thats a rompletion percentage of oer 'ouh- - 51 percert. i got a vpey slow start thS leason, but feel now that Ie - $.$ S'N'S s - along excellent being job since moved to flanker from the defensive secondary and Carl Bowers has really started to come on at tight end. Kip Jackson has been catching passes well all season long. In Lyons first two seasons at Brigham Young, the Cats recoand wound up with rd-. respectively. If they finwith wins over ish this spa-aiUtah State and Utah m the two remaining games, theyll mark this a compile season. We dont really have any more talent this season than the last two years, but our morale and desire have been tremendous. Lyons continued. Weve had a few good Sts i " 6-- 4 ' S' ' v ' v f 'ft 'j ;s f- - Add to this fact that BYU hasn't beaten USU in Logar since Tally Stevens team did it. 18-- in 1959 and you can see why the Cougars want this one so much. Whether they get it or t.ot remains to be seen, but you can bet on one thing. With 0 Lyons passing better and USU's ever than before pass defense known to leak a little now and then, the air will be filled with Marc Lvons passes at Logan's new Romney Stadium Saturday. WYOMING Two starters back. Ashley, Dodds and Popovich are key men. Popovich was starter two years ago hurt last year, now better than ever. Willie Roberson and Mike Bannister will help out. 1. Phoenix First period Hughes 19 24. Penalties HinsK, Lund), ake 7 40, Sfefaniw, Phop-ISoeer, Sa't 11 ARIZONA STATE Three starters back. Will return to the fast break again. Seabern Hill is key man along with Ron Johnson and Gerhard Schreur. Problems are with pivot 5' Second Period MarcetPtKix, Penalties 2 ta (CnarieDois Schick) Phoenix Marcetta, 1 50 Gtlto 1 50 W Icox), Marsh, by (served 7 49 Hmse, Phoenix, 19 53, Phoenix, Bradley, Salt Lake, 19 53 3 Phoen x Sro Third Period (McCord Lund, 19 55 Penalties 2 57, Salt Phoenix Henav, Schick, Lake, 4 15 Shaw Phoenix, 5 09 Marcetta Phoenix, 13 33 Bv Save 22 4 7 Pnoentx 4 721 Sait Lake on defense. - COLORADO STATE Could be tough with 17-- record last season. Cliff Sliegogg, Arch Weems are key men. The Krrr brothers are gone and also Mike Davis. Something of a rebuilding year. t NEW MEXICO Coach Bob King will have his smallest in history. Finished last with ASU last year. Picked to ha alnmx in thm hacompnt tbi? tima y ft ML drariuings Won 9 Vancouver 5 D ego 5 Phoenix Denver 6 Seat e Salt Lake C ty a . - t ss . , . j 4 bieaks plagued This for our r V VO;v ' U , g fS v,. f' tU : ' can get ' Here is a tabulation eight teams: SUrter Pt. Lost Tie Pts. GF GA 4 20 a 3 6 14 14 13 12 12 11 4 62 2 W Taam Arizona 48 42 53 At 43 uona v 1 4 i tvIvv k' Y 1 - s J. t V y i ' .. ' , ' V . k A V- to I i and 34 8 x Results Phoenix I. Sa t Lae 0 San D'peo 3, Oenver 3 Schedule Wednesday's 1 t BYU't Marc Lyona . , no longer ordinary. v. Sta'e by of 30-- Those aren't very SECTION Spot ts 1-- Sfa?a 1422 12H 693 9U 1569 128 73 737 65 8 1084 1022 1030 422 534 404 10 560 W 727 0 78 6 2 631 6G6 Register Now! For J DESERETNEWS Jefferson Out PITTSBURGH (UPI) - SKI SCHOOL Wide receiver Roy Jefferson of the Pittsburgh Steelers may be on the sidelines vv lien the Steelers play the Cleveland Browns Sunday at Pitt TRY BEFORE YOU BUY UTAH'S LARGEST ?SKI RENTAL HEADQUARTERS Stadium SKIS, BOOTS star, Jefferson, the Football Leagues leading pass receiver, a sevre bruise to his left shoulder during a running play in the 3s-- loss to the Chicago Bears last Sunday. 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Lyons would like nothing better than to help beat Utah State in his last appearance against the Aggies In Marc's two previous at BYU. the Cougars have been losers 7 team I i f I! f e , Pjrf aryj Lythgoe work Warner. there is seventh. UTEP Don Haskins has a small 'quad now at 11 men. He's counting on jaycee transfers to fill a couple of spots. Top men Archibald and Switzer are back. UTEP has a seasoned team, four starters back. Finished with 16 9 season. Now eligible for WAC title first time. 3 6-- 14 of 24 ti4 ' J completed to where Im passing better than I ever have before, Lyons says I think the reasons my improvement came so suddenly are that I wasnt throwing enough earlier in the year and that our receiver corps has shown improvement over the first part of the season. Bill Miller has done an come "w BRIGHAM YOUNG With Liimo, Parsons and gone, the Stan Watts Cougars have a little make-shito do. Ruffncr will go to forward making room for The Finn, Vainc is much improved. And of course Doug Howard. The Cat votes ranged from second to ft : 9 ; look with less than UTAH Coach Jack Gardner is worried about Ken Gardner's leg and if Ken is whole Utah should be a contender . With Gardner out Utah cannot hope to be. The Utes could slide to fourth or fifth. The problems are many around the San Diego on and off the court There is friction becamp tween Hayes and Don Kojis. The action is divided. Yet what could a coach, like Jack McMahon, do about it? , from the ARIZONA Coach Bruie Larson (toimeriv of Weber Statet has most of his men back. He was one game off the title last t'me the title being shared by Wyoming and Brigham Young at 6A It's Arizona's first title chance m the Wildcats are at the bottom of the seven-yea- r eignt years stack in basketball with a .414 won-lopercentage. A Difficult Situation , D 1 - ) Kv. placements for Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell who had the famous feuds of bygone years. 'W 4 '-'- v K The Big E. as Hayes is tabbed, is spotlighted to be one of the two re- -- - . V If I were a basketball coach I'd rather coach Jerry Lucas than ElvTn Hayes. ; ZTr -- A Afford Hayes V . NEWS i . Ll - You Couldn't A A DESERET 1 l!ll!!l,lll!U!!iiiiliml'lilMimi;iilllll!il!!limimillirillllllllll!!l!IMIll FREE RETREAD AHY SNOW TIRES SIZE Ch.Ce 13" 14" 15" 6--3 A. |