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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska, Monday, March Bryar wins fifth Women's North American title If there are five aces in a deck you know it is stacked, but not when the five aces are held by Jean Bryar of Center Harbor, Yesterday the New Engtander won the Women's North American Sled Dog race for the fifth time, breaking a tie for four wins she jointly held with her long-time friend and hostess, Rosie Losonsky. Mrs. Bryar, racing 10 dogs each day, not only swept the three days of mushing, but increased her lead each time out as the other nine mushers fell by the wayside. Only Bonnie Drake was able to show any appreciable gain during the 22nd annual North American, but she did It against the other racers, not Mrs. Bryar.

Mrs. Drake wound up the first day in sixth place, climbed to fourth after the second 10-mile heat, and wound up second for the total 34 miles of racing. She was second both the second and third days for day money behind Mrs. Bryar. Donna Bruce, who held second after opening day, and clung to second in elapsed time as the race went into the 14-mile course yesterday, dropped to third in final time.

Rosle Losonsky; fifth to defending champion Roxie Brooks; with Shirley Turner coming in sixth; Sally Clark, seventh; Bea Poston, eighth; and Joni Benford ninth. Stella Hamilton scratched the last day of the race. Mrs. Bryar held nearly a DOGGONE LUCK-A1 Chase, a top contender in the freight race this weekend, ran into some hard luck in the chute yesterday. Chase's dogs figured they had pulled Grants two late goals give Minnesota win By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ends remaining and Resjardins With all the shooting that was trying desperately to do the job going on, Gerry Dasjardins his'defensemen weren't doing, could have qualified their 500-pound load far enough when they veered into the crowd, inches before crossing the finish line.

Tired and fed up, Chase just flopped to the ground and pulled the sled over the line himself. (Staffphoto) WOMEN'SNORTH AMERICAN Final Results Friday Saturday Sunday Total have qualified for Purple Heart. He should have gotten the Congressional Medal of Honor. But all he and the New York Islanders got was another loss. Poor Gerry.

For 56 minutes and 49 secpnds Sunday night, he all-but-singlehandedly held Minnesota at bay. But in the end, the fusillade was simply too much for him. Wham, wham, wham! Shot after shot ripped in at him. Finally, Danny Grant's went into the goal. Then the North Stars' fans, who had already worked themselves into a fever pitch, really went haywire.

WHAM, WHAM, Again the shots came at him in waves. And with just 36" sec- Baseball star Frisch dies at 74 WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) Frankie Frisch, a member of baseball's Hall of Fame, died today of cardiac arrest at the Wilmington Medical Center. Frisch, 74, was injured in an automobile accident Feb. 8 near Elk ton, Md.

Frisch, who managed the St. Louis Cardinals' Gas House Gang of the 1930s had been in critical condition since the accident. Frisch ended his 33-year association with the major leagues in 19SI when he resigned as manager of the Chicago Cubs. Grant scored again--on Minnesota's 46th and final shot of the game--and instead of the Islanders having their first shutout ever, the North Stars had a 2-1 victory. In Sunday's other NHL games it was New York Rangers 4, Toronto Boston 5, Montreal Detroit 3, St.

Louis Chicago 5, California 1, and Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2. On Saturday it was Philadelphia 2, Atlanta Montreal 2, Detroit Toronto 4, Minnesota Rangers 5, Pittsburgh St. Louis 5, Islanders Chicago 4, Vancouver 2, and Los Angeles 4, California 2. The Islanders, who have now lost 43 of their 69 games, managed just 20 shots at Cesare Maniago all night, yet they led from midway in the first period when Ed Westfall capped a two-on-one break by ramming in a rebound of Bob Cook's shot. It wasn't the only chance they had to score.

They had several in the third period. "Geez, we had three or four good opportunities then," In- garfield sighed, and the second goal would've killed them." But it never came--for the Islanders, that is. "I guess we like to do things the hard way," Rangers Coach Emile said after his team, for the second straight night, blew a bulging lead and had to hang on for a victory. "They gave us a pretty good scare at the start of the third period," Francis said of the Maple Leafs who, trailing IW), got goals by Jim McKenny and George Ferguson in the period's first 3'A minutes. I.Jean Bryar 2.

Bonnie Drake 3. Donna Bruce 4. Rosie Losonsky 5. Roxy Brooks 6. Shirley Turner 7.

Sally Clark 8. Bea Poston 9. Joni Benford 10. Stella Hamilton 36.19 35.77 40.27 38.01 38.33 38.40 39.65 38.45 40.11 38.45 39.07 40.09 41.37 40.13 43.17 40.66 42.73 41.82 55.74 52.96 50.03 52.75 54.83 53.99 53.56 54.96 58.57 56.25 58.30 121.99 131.03 131.56 132.09 132.12 134.12 140.07 140.08 142.85 Scratched FREIGHT RACE 1. Dennis Kogl 2.

Al Chase 3.GuyBlankenship 4. Steve Tack 5.BenGoodbar 6. Bill Henry 7. Red 01 son 8. Jerry Pearson Tony Smith Roger Edgerton Final Results Saturday Sunday 58.98 75.91 60.56 75.29 67.06 84.90 74.36 87.56 84.85 92.68 83.18 96.27 98.26 89.56 Total 134.89 135.85 151.96 161.92 177.53 179.45 187.82 98.44 Scratched Scratched Disqualified i lead after the opening 10 miles Friday and nearly five minutes over her closest rival, her friend from New Hampshire, Miss Bruce after two days of racing.

Then during the long run Sunday Bruce fell off the pace as did Losonsky, allowing Drake to move into second for total elapsed time. At the end, it wasn't even dost as Mrs. Bryar, who also won chc championship in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1971, had a lead of nearly 10 minutes over (he field. Her total elapsed time was 121.98 with Bonnie Drake and her eight-dog team coming in second with a time of 131.03. Donna Bruce who received much of her support and some dogs from the champion was third at 131.56.

i i Rosie Losonsky came in fourth with a time of 132.09, only a second ahead of defending champion Roxie Brooks who was fifth at 132.12. Shirley Turner had a lime of 134.12 for sixth. But the closest two times were that for seventh and eighth place with Sally Clark beating out Bea Poston by only of a second, 140.07 to 140.08. The lantern carrier this year was Joni Benford who had a total elapsed time of 142.85. The times this year for the whole field of 10 were slower than last year's times when the weather was cooler.

Mrs. Bryar, the second day out, with a time of 35.77 beat her own second day time last year of 36.17, but she was the only musher to have a beaten time any day during the 1973 North American. Mrs. Bryar's time was also quite a distance off the winning time set by Roxie Brooks who came in with the 1972 title in a time of 114.37. Mrs.

Bryar, who finished third last year had a time of 118.62. The warm weather and snowy conditions were blamed for the slower times thisyear. There is a new "Freighter Race" champion sled dog musher this year, and a rank novice at that. Dennis Kogl, running his first a beat i champion Al Chase by about a minute yesterday in the 10-mile leg of the race to capture the heavy duty title of dog racing. Kogl's winning time was 134.89 as compared to Chase's second place time of 135.85.

Third went to Guy Blankenship with Steve Tack coming in fourth. Ben Goodbar was fifth, Bill Henry, sixth, and Red Olson, seventh. Boston is assured of crown but happy to topple Knicks By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS "Our win today doesn't make much difference in the standings, Boston Celtic Captain John Havlicek said, "You just hate to get beat by the same team four games in a row." The Celtics clobbered the New York Knicks 122-107 in a National Basketball Association game Sunday to snap a three game losing streak in their season series with New York. The victory increased the Celtics lead over the Knicks in the NBA's Atlantic Division to Vk games. And with only 10 games remaining for Boston, it reduced to two the number of Celtic victories and Knicks losses that remain between Boston and the Atlantic Division title.

In other NBA games Sunday Houston beat Atlanta 129-118, Golden State edged Phila- delphia 97-93 and Los Angeles bombed Detroit 141-117. In Saturday NBA action, New York crushed Kansas City-Omaha 125-102, Buffalo edged Portland 106-101, Seattle beat Phila- Uncle's cops hoop Juneau captures cage title ANCHORAGE (AP) The Juneau High Crimson Bears won the Alaska high school basketball championship Saturday night by defeating the East Anchorage High T-Birds 62-55, taking the best-of-three series two games to one. The Bears dropped the first contest Thursday night 71-70 but came back Friday night to topple the eastsiders 62-51 to tie the series. The newly crowned champs were paced by star center Tim O'Donnell who took game scoring honors for the second night in a row as he tossed in 22 points in Saturday night's winning effort. Friday night the mobile postman hit for a series high of 34 points.

Juneau jumped to an early lead Friday night and forced East to play catchup ball most of the night. The south- easterners held a 14-8 first quarter lead. East roared back in the second stanza to go ahead 15-15 for the first time in the game at the 5:13 mark in the second quarter, but after the lead changed hands several times Juneau pulled out to a 2824 halftime edge. Juneau widened its lead early in the third quarter to 39-28 but saw that cut to 41-37 as East started hitting shots after a cold first half. A bucket at the buzzer by O'Donnell pushed that spread to 43-31 as the quarter ended.

East star Stan Harris sparked an early fourth quarter rally that narrowed Juneau's lead to 45-43, but the Bears pulled away again to lead 52-45 with 3:19 remaining in the game. East came back again as Harris accounted for seven straight unanswered points to lie the game at 52-52 with 1:39 to play. After two free throws giving Juneau a 54-52 lead, the Bears' Stan McNeal stole a pass and scored on a breakaway to give the southeastemers the momentum to carry them to the state title. The game ended on a series of free throws, "The steal by McNeal was the key play in the game," said Uncle's rebounded in the second championship game Sunday to score a 95-91 victory to win the Fairbanks City League Tournament title at Monroe High School. The Big which lost Saturday to Uncle's had to win twice Sunday but after taking the first game 99-87, came out on the short end on the second try.

The championship game was tight from start to finish. Big I held a 44-43 halftime lead. It was a battle of the Big I's strong game under the boards by Phil Jordan and George Roderick against the MUSHING TO VICTORY--Jean Bryar comes up the trail afternoon on her way to victory in the Women's North at the Alaska Dog Mushers Association track Sunday American Sled Dog Racing chamnionshins. Sunday's win was the fifth for Mrs. Bryar in the 34-mile race.

(Staffphoto) Sun Devils first for UCLA Juneau Coach Jim Hamey in the dressing room after the game. He said, "The whole series was filled with streaks of good play, and we just happened to be the ones controlling the action at the time the buzzer sounded." O'Donnell led all scorers, while McNeal added 10 points to O'Donnell's total of 22, and Jack Beedle tossed in 16 counters to aid in the Juneau cause. Harris led East with 20 points, while Kirk Bell was the only other T-biid in double figures, with 10. Post game ceremonies were cancelled when several fights broke out in the crowd of more than 5,000 at West Anchorage High, and the Juneau team had to be locked into its dressing room to avoid the conflict. East 10, Green 7, Harris 20, Berry 4, Fleming 8, Methonen 6.

Juneau (62)-McNeal 10, O'Donnell 22, Bavard 4, Shaw 4, Beedle 16, Holt 2, Corpus 4. i a Atlanta squeaked by Golden State 117113, Chicago defeated Baltimore 105-99 and Houston clobbered Cleveland 131-116. Havlicek lead the way in Sunday's nationally televised game with 32 points, aided by the rebounding and defensive work of Dave Cowens and Paul Silas. The game was pretty much decided when the Celtics ran off a 31-15 first quarter lead as the Knicks committed a string of fouls, five in a 55-second stretch, and could get litle help from standout forward Dave DeBusschere. Deriusschere played only nine minutes and did not score before being lifted by Coach Red Holzman because of a bruised hip.

Dave Cowens added 24 points for the Celtics while Jo Jo White and Don Chaney pitched in 20 and 19 points, respectively. Walt Frazier led the Knicks with 22 points and Jerry Lucas added 21. Jack Marin scored 35 points good outside shooting of Uncte's and Rud Tomj novich added led by Jackie Lewis, Tim Shea ffi as th( Houston Roc)(ets beal and Eric Dompeling. The tourney all-star team i Lewis, Shea and Dompeling of Uncle's; Jordan and MVP Roderick of Big Jim Toston and Bob Cronin of Lindy's; George Ilgenfritz and Tony Fischer of the high school seniors; Vince Dooley of the UA jayvees; and Rich Bailey of Eielson. UiKltt'OS) By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The UCLA Bruins begin throwing for "seven" this week and John Wooden likes the odds, as usual.

"My optimism going into the NCAA playoffs is about the same as last year--1 wouldn't trade my chances with anyone," says the highly successful coach. It will take more than a roll of the dice to beat the nation's top-ranked team. The Bruins have wun six straight national titles and appear just as strong this year as in the past. "We were down a little but we are coming back and getting sharp at just the right time," says Wooden, whose team currently has a record 71- game winning streak over VA seasons and has won 32 straight a i NCAA Tournament. With a first-round victory Saturday, Anzona State earned the dubious honor of meeting mighty Bruins this Thursday in one of the West Regional semifinal games.

The other matches Long Beach State against the University of San Francisco, champion in the West Coast Athletic Conference. Like UCLA, winner of the Pacific-8 Conference, San Francisco drew a first-round bye. But there was plenty of action over the weekend--nine game from coast-to-coast. In the West Regional, Western Athletic Conference champion Arizona State trounced Oklahoma City 103-78 and Long Beach, champion of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, heat Big Sky winner Weber State 8875. In the Mideast, scored a 77-62 victory over Miami of Ohio, the Mid-Ameri- Last-second shot wins for Bullets A shot by Malt Burdich of the Bullets rolled around the rim and dropped through as the final gun sounded to give the Bullets a hard-earned 19-18 victory over the Warriors in Little Dribblers play Saturday.

In other major division games the undefeated Kings rolled over the winless Suns 56-18 as Jim Jones scored 18 points and Rick Ross 15 while the Hawks rode a 15-point effort byTodd Peterson to a 34-12 win over the Knicks. In minor division action the Stars beat the Nets 10-8 as Bud Nelson collected eight points. can Conference champion, and Ohio Valley Conference winner Austin Peay nipped Jacksonville 77-75. South Carolina eliminated Southwest Conference champion Texas Tech 78-70, and Southwestern Louisiana smothered Houston 102-89 in the Midwest Ilagional. In the East, Syracuse look an 83-32 decision over Furman, the top team in the Southern Conference; Ivy League champion Penn edged SI.

John's N.Y, 6261, and Providence registered an 89-76 triumph over SI. Joseph's, the winner in the Middle Atlantic Conference. Saturday's results set up the pairings for Thursday's semifinals in the four regions. In the Midwest at Houston, it's South Carolina against Missouri Valley Conference titlist Memphis State and Southwestern Louisiana vs. Kansas State.

In the Mideast at Nashville, Marquelte faces Big Ten champion Indiana and Austin Peay will play Kentucky, win- ScJiaefer Shea Lewis Dompling Woodlee Jacobsen Pun ton Totals Goldsmith Oobrick Jordan Roderick Schwelnburg Houston Weim Butcher fg ft-fta pf tp 70-0 5 14 1 24 66-7 3 18 62-2 5 14 84-4 3 20 01-2 5 1 04-4 1 4 37 21-23 2395 Bigll91) ft-fta pf tp 4 3 4 5 1 1 50-0 5 10 114-7 6 26 155-9 1 35 20O 2 4 20-1 1 4 01-2 1 1 00-0 0 0 Totals 3913-232091 the Atlanta Hawks. Rick Barry's disputed three- point play in the final seconds gave the Golden State Warriors a victory over the Phildelphia 76er's. With 13 seconds left, Barry made the second of two foul shots with 13 seconds left to break a 93-93 tie. The 76ers then took a timeout, but when play 'resumed, Barry stole an inbounds pass and fed to Jim Barnelt, who scored and was fouled on the play. Barnett sank the free throw to ice the victory in the final seconds.

In the American Basketball Association Sunday New York beat Memphis 120-113, Kentucky bombed Denver 11942, Indiana defeated Carolina 115106, and Utah beat San Diego 112-101. In ABA action Saturday Virginia edged Denver 106-108, Kentucky beat Memphis 121-110 and San Diego stopped Dallas 120-116. The Nenana 006 MUSHERS ASSOCIATION would like to thank the following Trophy Sponsors Coghllli Alaska National Bonk Yulana Barge Evans Lumber Co. Nenana Excavators Moocher't Bar Corner Bar Standard Oil Ca. Nenana Fuel Co.

Corner Cafe Carl's Loggings Union 76 Nenana Heelers Parker's Patch Nenana ke Classic Committee Nen ana-Clear Garbage Ca. ner in the Southeastern Conference. The West Regional will be held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. Although drawing a bye in the first round of the playoffs, UCLA still had some work to do over the weekend. The Bruins wrapped up their regular Pacific-8 Conference season with a 76-56 victory over Southern California.

The Big Ten Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference also finished their seasons. Indiana notched an NCAA berth, winning the Big Ten with a 77-72 victory over Purdue while Minnesota was upset by Northwestern 79-74. North Carolina State tripped Maryland 76-74 in the ACC playoff finale. However, Maryland will represent the league in the NCAA playoffs because North Carolina Stale is under NCAA suspension because of recruiting violations. Gene Sarazen won his first PGA golf title in 1922 and 50 years later on the same course in Detroit he shot a first round 79 at age 70.

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