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Show E3s:sk f.lHIar "I !, 1969 December Monday, b'E-VS- t!iiiniiiiiii.miii:iiia;iiiMiiiiii!!ru:ujG!iiiKU!iiiimmii!Uiiiiiniimj Mottas' Bulls Are Coming i i! $ ; 4 : h The occasion is one of the three pro games to acquaint our city's basketball folk with the play of the pros. And to raise a little money for the promoters. And to dribble a few dollars into the Bleacher Quarterback bucket which sponsors Utah U. athletic affairs. The Warriors from San Francisco and the Rockets from San Diego have already graced our place. And the turnout for that oc- casion was rather reptwo thirds of utable a house. it y This time the traffic is expected to be about the same. Instead of having Elvin Hayes and Jerry Lucas to do the draw there are some old faces like those of Jerry Chambers, once of Utah U., and former Motta, Weber coach, who sudtrip to Chicago and Bulls Ahead Of Suns Chambers outfit from Phoenix is not setting the NBA afire. In fact the Suns are barely reflecting off the cellar floor. Mottas Bulls are better in third place, barely behind Atlanta and Los Angeles. The Dick Motta story is one of the Cinderella fairytales in sports. He had his successful teams at Weber State and suddenly was called into Chicago and before anyone knew it he was big time. some y 9 3 P rtkma isuc ZuleticEn I Dick i3 coach of the Chicago Bulls and will drive his herd against the Phoenix Suns in an official Western Division NBL basketball game on the Salt slabs. one-wa- 3 u Ecu pass-throug- a 4R... i Dick Motta, one of Webers favorite sons is coming back to the high hills for a game Tuesday in the Salt Palace. denly was offered took n H f yJ Cllli:inili'l!lllllllll!liilll!!!nilliil!!lllUII!!lill!Illl!ll!ll!ii!!!t!!!!itn ri n Lake, to lead period. 2-- Rally Gains 6-- 6 Draw Throughout the Salt Lake Golden Eagles recent losing skein, general manager-coac- h Ray Kinasewich insisted what fcis hockey squad needed most was an explosive performance against one of the strongest teams in the Western Hockey League. KinaspnaA th''ugvt the Eagles were lacking one thing above all else confidence. He thought an outstanding outing against a tough club could bolster that ebbing confidence better than any other d The disallowed goal occurred shortly thereafter, but it wasn't Salt Lakes last sewing opportunity. earlier-mentione- one thing. Saturday night, as 10.337 screaming Salt Palace fans looked on from the edge of thrir seats, Kinasewich got explosion hes been want- so badly. It came smoot in a tie with the kating, smoothpassing Portland Euckaroos the WHLs leading team. A tie doesnt sound too Impressive until you stop to consider the circumstances. h-- 6-- 6 s ... 6--6 Salt Lake Golden Eagle Danny Schock (17) puts pressure on Portland net despite efforts of Buckaroas Dave Kelly (prone on ice), Mike Donaldson (12), Dick Van Impe (25) and Jerry Korcb (11). First of all, the six goal scoring outburst by Salt Lake was one more goal than the Eagles had been able to total in the four road outings preceding the Portland game. Lake came back from a and 7--2 two-go- al deficit midway through the final period to gain the tie. I was pleased with our performance . . . very Kinasewich mused pleased, in the empty and quiet Salt Palace about 30 minutes after play ended, I think our guys proved to themselves that Portland can be had by simply skating and Secondly, the tie proved to the Eagles that Portland, after all, is not invincible. In its two previous match-up- s with the Bucks, Salt Lake had come out on the short end badly L Last, but not least, Salt We have a few days off now to rest and prepare for the Friday game here with Seattle. Well be ready for the Totems, especially if we keep up the momentum and confidence we initiated tonight. checking hard. Actually, I thought we should have won the thing. We had several that we good opportunities didn't score on. I was pretty upset when the referee disallowed what would have been the winning goal late in the third period. He said we kuked the due into the net. It didn't look that way to me, but then I wasnt as close to the action as he was. Salt Lake scored first in Satui day's exutiug game when defenseman Ray Clearwater netted a breakaway at 1 :37 of the first period. Newly acquired right winger John f AFL ROUNDUP What happened best for Motta is that he took air into the big of our western little-tim- e By FRED McMANE taunts. In the other games, Boston and Bufdefeated Miami falo edged Gncinnati UPI Sports Writer The fines he paid to the commissioners office old proved to be the best publicity the worn-ou- t Bulls had ever had. Suddenly Motta found himself big in the press print and although he didnt intend it that way he had it. And there is reason to believe that he liked it Certainly he brought to Chicago more attention than the Bulls had ever had. A Different Way To Coach Well, thats our the pros. He turns up for practice at a specified time. His men know quite a bit about basketball so he has none of the fundamentals to worry about. Dick Motta. He likes coaching Ha doesnt have to recruit. The systematic procurement processes are handled by the front office. like he told this writer in San Diego last sea- son, when I turned out to watch him against the Rockets, this is the way basketball should be coached. I like it this way. I dont have to coax anyone to come to my team. I dont have to spend all day and night hosting young men, putting them up at my house, worrying about the wishes of their parents. I miss all that recruiting. Now I have only to coach and I prefer it this way. Imagine college basketball getting back to that! Tipoff On Hockey No sport has grabbed hold of the public inter cat like Salt Lake Golden Eagle hockey has. Saturday night the Palace was packed again 10,337 people. There will be only three local matches in for the home schedule and December & let-u-p these will be sellouts, according to the best guess. The Eagles have won the hearts of their countrymen all right People have never pulled harder s. for other people than they have for these puck-ster- 38-2- 3 Just a tip. If you want to have season seats next time around get your order in early. The ticket sale is going to be bigger than it was the first season. Portland came back to slap three goals within seven and one half minutes and take lead midway through the a first period. The Eagles tied it up 3 by the end of that period, however, on goals by Bob Heaney at back Larry Car-we-ll intercepted two passes to Defensive The cocky quarterback of the Oakland Raiders has been telling people for sometime that he is as good as Joe Kamath. All he wanted was a chance to prove it before a set up fourth quarter scores and Mike Taliaferro passed for three touchdowns to lead the Patriots to their fourth triumph against eight losses. Jim Nance scored two touchdowns for the winners while Jim Kiick scored twice for the New York audience. Lamonica got his chance Sunday and outshone Namath by completing 19 of 28 passes for 333 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Raiders to a Dolphins. Booker Edgerscn stole the ball from quarterback Greg Cook and raced 10 yeards for a touchdown in the third quarter for the Bills decisive score. Edgerson, trying to recover his balance in ankle deep snow after he was hit by a blocker, fell into Cook, spun around and picked th ball out of Cooks hands, then raced unmolested into the end zone. victory over the Jets. He couldnt have asked for a bigger audience. An American 27-1- 4 Football League record crowd of 63,865 turned out in chilly 40 degree weather to witness the contest I think Em as good as Namath is, said Lamonica after the game. Every quarterback needs good protection. If I get it, I can throw as well as he can. It was a great thrill to win in New York. You guys (New York press) seem to control everything, and its 3-- 1 3-- 16:22 and 18:16. Portland Rollie at Wi.eox Salt outscored By HACK MILLER Deseret News Sports Editor Lamonica showed em by completing touchdown passes of 34 and 20 yards to Warren Wells and scoring once him-he- lf d on a run in the first half. George Blanda added field goals of 23 and 37 yards in the second half to complete the conquest of the defending world champions. one-yar- Namath, meanwhile, was put under heavy pressure by the Raiders strong defensive line but managed to complete 10 passes in 30 attempts for 169 yards. Fifty-fou- r of those Pioneer League Picks Salt Laker Great Falls LAUDERDALE, FORT and FLA. (UPI) Claude Mont, the make Salt Lake Gty Engberg of was elected president of the Pioneer League for a three-yeterm Sunday at the annual minor league baseball up and Billings, Utah, Ogden, league. 4-- Engberg, who replaces Ben Jewell, previously served as Pioneer League president from 1952 to 1965. He was out of baseball the past three years. 6-- 2 Takes WBA Open - The Pioneer League, a rookie circuit, will open June 25 and close Aug. 23. Sue CITY Reichley of Houston won the Pro Women Bowlers Association TWA Open title by 11 pins with a pin total of 3,967 fa Twin Vails, Idaho Falls and Caldwell. Idaho, along with capturing prize. six-tea- m Division W L T 8 4 0 S 5 2 4 9 0 4 8 0 2 9 1 22 23a .? .500 225 2?2 m 292 .333 .333 261 .162 197 2B1 Wnstem Dtvtsicn W Oakland Kansas City San Di90 Cincinnati 10 Pet PF PA L T Pet. PP PA 1 1 .909 330 719 2 8 .813 329 148 2 4 4 0 .500 210 4 7 1 34 247 303 Sunday's Results Oakland 27 Nw York 14 Butfato 16. Cincinnati 13 Boston 38, Miami 23 Next Saturday's Earn New Yorfc at Houston Next Sunday's Games Boston at San Diego Buffalo at Karts City ! 10 r irvm, Denver at Miami "1 Pific Ceps Match STOCKHOLM Yugoslav pro Nikola Pilic defeated Romanias Hie Nastase in the mens singles final of the Stockholm Open Tennis Tournament KANSAS the 82,000 Wtf,, ll NEW SH0 TIRES 8 25x14 BUCK FEU. TAX PLUS C California at Bvu Saturday California at byu Utah State at Utah. Denver P'K niK 4 10 13 Salt Lake 4 11 Sunday's Results Denver I Portland 3 Saturdays Results Seattle 4 Denver 2 Portland 6 San Lane 4 San Dtego 1 Phoenix 0 Scheduto Tonight's No oames scheduled 3 27 10 44 24 56 S 21 49 94 4 23 66 5 81 88 0 4 W 42 94 This will be a yard-stfocase to measure the comparative strength of the two clubs and the other teams in the WAC will certainly watch what happens in these cases. k Utah State, usually on the Utah docket later in the season, will get one of its Utah games out of the way early. This is one of the highlights of the season for both teams. At least the superiority of either team will be determined earlier than it ever has in the past In basketball it is not easy to pick the favorites tnis early in the season. Yet with Weber State ranked 13th in one poll and Utah ranked 19 in the same pick, these teams should be the favorites right California and Stanford are not the powers they were once. They tied for basement billing in the Pacific Coast 8 last time around with 0 seasons in league play. Both are reportedly improved this season, however. 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BRISBANE, AUSTRALLA Australian John Alexander defeated countryman Phil in the QueensDent, land hardcourt tennis singles final while Winnie Shaw of New York Houston Boris to Boston Misrm LTTPOFGA W Portland Vancouver now, AFL Standings Eastern The victory enabled the Raiders to regain first place in the Western Division by a half game over Kansas Gty, while the loss prevented the Jets from clinching fircst place in the Eastern Division. Monday Stanford at Utah Peooerdtne at Utah State. Sacramento S'ate at v.eoer Tuesday Sacramento $tae a Weber. Wednesday Weber at Arizona Thursday Weoer at Aruona It will be noted in this schedule that Weber gets into the Western Athletic Conference company with games at Arizona State and Arizona. re- yards came on a touchdown pass to Bake Turner, playing in place of the injured Don Maynard. two-gam- fumble 10 times with Buffalo recovering all seven Gncinnati fumbles. Bruce Alford, however, managed to kick three field goals for Buffalo despite the horrible weather conditions. 6-- 4, meetings. snowstorm teams to the Jets' Mike Battle takes to the air on a punt turn in game against Oakland. As if time was of the essence, three of Utah's four major collegiate basketball teams swing into action tonight in games at Utah, Utah State and Weber. For the Utes the game is with Stanford the first official basketball brush in its new Wigwam. For Utah State the invading is Pepperdine and force Weber State, the highest ranked of the four, hosts Sacramento State in Ogden. Brigham Young will not see action until it opens with a e series with California at Provo Friday and Saturday. Here is file weeks schedule: Friday The heavy forced two good to show you what we can do. WHL Standings In 16-1- Daryle Lamonica argues his point very welL ar It doesnt matter that the Eagles have not laid as many golden eggs In the victory column as owner Dan Meyer would like. It's a popular team Coach Ray Kinasewich has in a highly interesting sport Comes word through the backdoor that season ticket holders are already being marked for their seats for the next season. The ticket demard is growing. (Jolly) Rodger assisted on the goal. With little time remaining, Birdsell slapped a shot that bounced off the goal pipe much to the dismay of the home fans. The Eagles still occupy the WHL cellar with 14 points, but can pick up two points on the Seattle Totems with a win Friday. Seattle has been the victim in three of Salt Lake's four wins so far, and is tied for fifth place with Phoenix. Following the Seattle game, the Eagles will leave for the northwest and another extended road swing. UtahCageTeams OpenWarsToday Jets Fall To Oakland leagues with him. He didnt know tie ways of the pro game and talked when he shouldnt have. He balked at most everything and soon became an attraction with his In the second period going into the final Salt Lake came back strong, however, putting great pressure on Portland the rest of the game. Left winger Rollie Wilcox scored Salt fifth goal at 13:53 with assists from veterans Guyle Fielder and Eruce Carmichael. Young right winger' Bob BirdseU tied it at 16:09 with assists from Gerry Mazur and Danny Schock. Deseret News Sports Writer ing 1 When Giff Sehmautz netted his third goal and Portland's sixth at 7:37 of the final period, things looked bleak for Salt Lake. Bv BRENT CHECKETTS that 5-- 4 IT .IT.-- .J 4 - . M iM jm, . r, |
