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PAGE CONSTITUtlON-TRlBUNE, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1974 College Cage Roundup Wooden Gears UCLA With Words Of Wisdom By The Associated Press UCLA, favored to win its eighth straight National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball championship, geared up for Saturday's semifinal meeting with top-ranked North Carolina State at Greensboro. N.C., with some old fashioned sabre-rattling. Coach John Wooden sounded the challenge when he recalled the Bruins' 84-66 romp over the Wolfpack last December in St. Louis. "I want them to remember we beat them by 18 points on a neutral court with -Bill Walton playing only half the game." declared Wooden "I want them to dwell on that." UCLA.

25-3 on the season, made it into the semis with an impressive 83-60 rout of San Francisco Saturday in the finals of the Far West Regionals All-Americans Keith Wilkes and Bill Walton paced the attack with 27 and 17 points, respectively. North Carolina State cruised into the finals with a 100-72 thumping of Pittsburgh in the Willard Vaults To State Indoor LEXINGTON, Vaulting Ben Willard cleared 12-foot in the pole vault here Saturday and finished second in the event to qualify for the state indoor this Saturday in the Hearnes field house in Columbia. Willard's vault equalled the best of his career at CHS which is 12-0 and he continues to move toward the CHS school mark of 13-foot held by his brother Phil Willard. Phil accomplished his feat in 1969 in District competition. "Willard looked sharp and seems to be gaining last year's momentum fast and if he continues his present pace, a Sports Shorts HOCKEY EDMONTON The Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association acquired forward Bobby Sheehan from the Jersey Knights for a player to be named later.

BOWLING DENVER Johnny Guenther of Seattle captured the first prize in the $85,000 Denver Open Bowling tournament with a 225-205 win over Earl Anthony in the finals. SKIING ASPEN. Colo. Italian Gustavo Thoeni won his second gold medal in the Nations' World Series of Skiing, beatinv out Bob Cochran of Richmond in the finals of the men's dual slalom. record might call at CHS," said Coach Ed Martens.

"Rex Earley turned in another fine performance breaking his career record of 4:49.1 with a 4:47.4 mile run and is rapidly rounding into top notch shape," Coach Martens reported. Earley is gradually nearing a long time CHS mile run mark held by Jack Murchison of 4:42.4 accomplished in 1936. Bruce McCoy bettered his career mark of 5-10 with a leap of 6-0 in the high jump with freshman Terry Cox clearing 510. Dave Ginther won his heat in the 6-yard dash with a time of 6.6 and finished fifth overall with a 6.9 Mark Switzer and Willard both made it to the semi-finals in the hurdles as Switzer turned in a time of 8.3 in the highs while Willard sprinted the lows in a time of 8.0. John Cook ran the 60-yard dash in the preliminaries in a time of 7.0 flat.

"I was pleased with our performances concerning the competition and the one class field," said the head mentor. "Our boys are gradually improving and are looking forward to the outdoor season which opens March 26 in Moberly," stated Coach Martens. The Hornets will get a stern test in the outdoor opener facing Moberly and the Rock Bridge Bruins. East Regionals. The Wolfpack's only concern was the for the well-being of Ail-American David Thompson, who suffered a concussion when he fell to the floor in the first half.

He was hospitalized Saturday night, released Sunday and is expected to be at full speed for UCLA Tom Burleson had 2fi points and 12 rebounds for the Wolf- pack. 28-1 on the year. The other semifinal Saturday will match Mideast champion Marquette against Midwest ti (list Kansas. The Warriors. 254.

edged Michigan 72-70 on the strength of a pair of free throws by Dave Delsman with 45 seconds left. It marks the first time in nine NCAA appearances Marquette has made it to the semis. Kansas. 23-5, shaded Oral Roberts 93-90 as reserve Tommie Smith sank a pair of baskets in the final 28 seconds Danny Knight had 19 points to lead the balanced Jayhawks attack. At New York's Madison Square Garden, Connecticut.

Utah. Boston College and Memphis State scored first-round victories Sunday in the National Invitation Tournament. Jim Foster pumped in 27 points to lead Connecticut past St. John's. N.Y-..

82-70. Tickey Burden's 34 points powered Utah to a 102-89 victory over Rutgers. Jere Nolan's foul shot in the final seconds gave Boston College a 63-62 upset of Cincinnati. Memphis State held off Seton Hall 73-72 by virtue of Dexter Reed's free throw with 30 seconds left. In Saturday's NIT action.

Purdue surprised North Carolina 82-71. Maryland-Eastern Shore dumped Manhattan 84-81, Jacksonville beat Massachusetts in overtime 73-69 and Hawaii edged Fairfield 66-65. Southern California and Indiana advanced to tonight's finals of the Collegiate Commissioners Association tourney with hard-earned overtime victories Sunday. The Trojans, 24-4, got by Bradley 76-73 as Dan Anderson and Bob Trowbridge teamed for nine points in the extra period. The Hoosiers, 22-5, edged Toledo 73-72 on a clutch basket by freshman Kent Benson.

West Georgia claimed the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship Saturday with a 97-79 romp over Alcorn State. Tom Turner topped the Braves with 28 points and Clarence Walker, named the tourney's Most Valuable Player, added 24. Pro Cage Scores NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Boston 52 23 New York 47 31 .603 6'j Buffalo 41 37 .526 Phil. 23 53 .303 29 a Central Division Capital 43 34 .558 Atlanta 32 45 .416 11 Houston 31 45 .408 11'a Cleveland 26 52 .333 17' Western Conference Midwest Division Miwaukee 55 22 .714 Chicago 50 27 .649 5 Detroit 50 28 .641 5'- K.C.-Omaha 30 47 .390 25 Pacific Division Golden State 43 32 .573 Los Angeles 44 34 .564 Seattle 32 44 .421 11 a Phoenix 28 50 .359 Portland 25 50 .333 18 Saturday's Games Buffalo 114, Cleveland 105 Boston 146, Philadelphia 127 Portland 128, Atlanta 127 Golden State 135, Los Angeles Sunday's Games Milwaukee 107. Chicago 82 Kansas City-Omaha 125, Houston, 114 Phoenix 133, Seattle 108 Boston 129, Capital 103 Cleveland 115, Philadelphia 99 Detroit 116, Buffalo 109 Los Angeles 126, New York 114 Monday's Game Portland vs.

Kansas City- Omaha at Kansas City Tuesday's Games Portland at Cleveland Boston at Houston Philadelphia at Chicago Milwaukee at Golden State CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI-M60I Knight, Morningstar Honored Kansas Goes From Rags To Riches TULSA, Okla. a difference a year has made in the Kansas Jayhawks, 93-90 overtime winners over Oral Roberts in the NCAA Midwest regional playoffs here Saturday. A year ago the Jayhawks, long on talent but short on poise, struggled through an 8-18 campaign, blowing the close ones on their way to sixth place in the Big Eight. This Saturday, coach Ted Owens will take a team that isn't lacking in confidence to Greensboro, N.C., to play Marquette, 25-4, in the four-team NCAA finale. Owens returned the core of the 1973 Knight, Tom Kivisto, Dale Greenlee.

Rick Suttle and Tommie he had some super newcomers in junior college transfer Roger Morningstar and freshman Norm Cook. He used those seven players in various combinations and the Jayhawks won most of the tight ones, including a one-point victory at Oklahoma where they were bombed the year before, and will carry a 23-5 record to Greensboro. ORU guard Sam McCanls, who scored 24 against Kansas and had 30 in Thursday's win over Louisville, was named the tourney's most valuable player. Also making the all-star team were Knight and Morningstar, Creighton's Gene Harmon and Louisville's Allan Murphy. Creighton took third place by beating Louisville, 80-71.

reer of Ken Trickey, who has posted a 118-23 record at ORU. Trickey suspended himself from the final game after his' arrest early Friday for allegedly driving while intoxicated. But he was reinstated after a late night meeting with the Rev. Oral Roberts, founder of the school. The personable Trickey, who has professed his innocence of The tourney marked a (em- the charge, is now shopping for porary end of the coaching ca- another job.

Norm Cook Named Freshman Of The Year NAIA Tourney Finale Walker-Turner Combo Blitz Alcorn, 97-79 KANSAS CITY (AP) West Georgia, a school of 5,000 students, was the best in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics basketball today and five guys who "just kept getting better" were the reason. The five are Clarence "Foots" Walker. Tom Turner. Dave Edmonds, Randy Roundtree and Jerry Faulkner. This collection of five iron men played until only two minutes, five seconds remained in West Georgia's 97-79 breeze past Alcorn State University Saturday night in the NAIA championship showdown.

Baseball Roundup Smith Spurs Cards Past Old Foes, 4-3 By The Associated Press The continuing saga of Reggie Smith and Carlton Fisk former teammates now gone separate ways to their mutual to have a way of sneaking from the locker room to the diamond. The stage was set for the saga's latest act by a game between the Boston Red Sox, Smith's former team, and his new team, the St. Louis Cardinals. Smith took a few pot shots at Fisk before the game, calling the Boston catcher a "crybaby" and "back-stabber," then took another shot at pitcher Diego Segui in the ninth inning, sending Segui's first pitch out of the park and helping the Cards to a 4-3 exhibition victory over the Red Sox. Meanwhile, Fisk took a shot of his own, in the fifth inning.

It was a foul tip off the bat of Joe Torre that caught the Ail- Star catcher in the groin and probably will sideline him for two or three days. Smith's homer tied the game at 3-3, and then Ken Reitz singled in the winning score with two out. In other exhibition games, the other half of the Boston club beat Philadelphia 10-7, Los Angeles squashed the New York Mets 9-2, Minnnesota heal Houston 9-5, Cincinnati blanked Atlanta 7-0, Baltimore defeated Pittsburgh 7-3, the Chicago White Sox got by Kansas City 8-5, the Chicago Cubs beat Oakland 6-2, San Francisco defeated California 8-2, Montreal blasted Texas 5-1, Cleveland downed Milwaukee 3-1, and the Yankeespummeled Detroit 5-1. "I'm glad to get away from a crybaby like Fisk," Smith said He said since the 1973 campaign, "I've only seen his pic- Need Something? Con-Trib Wont Ads WIN find It For You! ture in the paper and read all that stuff he's been saying behind my back. He didn't have the nerve to say it to my face." Fisk retaliated by calling Smith "a troublemaker," but would not discuss the situation further, keeping his distance from Smith during the game.

Neither exchanged words. Steve Carlton was tagged for six runs in three innings, and outfielder Bernie Carbo got four singles and drove in three runs to lead the other half of the Boston contingent. Rick Wise got the victory by holding Philadelphia scoreless for five innings. Ron Cey, who has six RBIs in his past two games, had a homer and a single in Los Angeles' rendering of the New York Mets. Dave Lopes stole three bases for the Dodgers.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers announced that third baseman Ken McMullen had left the club to join his wife, Bobbie, who is seriously ill and being hospitalized in California. Mrs. McMullen underwent surgery last May for cancer. Bob Darwin homered for two runs, and Steve Braun's circuil blow drove in another three, pacing Minnesota to its first victory of the exhibition season. Houston took a 3-1 lead after- Harmon Killebrew had put the Twins on the board with a single in the first inning.

Cincinnati exploded for 17 hits and pitchers Pat Osburn, Steve Kealey and Pat Zachery held the Braves scoreless in the Reds' victory. Ken Griffey led the Reds at the plate with three hits, while Atlanta slugger Hank Aaron went hitless in four at-bats. Pittsburgh committed four costly errors in the game, and the Orioles jumped to a 5-2 lead in the fourth inning on four runs off Pirate starter Bruce Kison. Inos Cabell had three RBIs for Baltimore The White Sox scored seven runs off Marty Pattin in the first three innings to move to an easy victory over Kansas City Jorge Orta had two sin gles and a homer with tour RBIs for Chicago. The Cubs got homers from Vic Harris and Jerry Morales, and Bill Madlock added three world champion A's.

Madlock, in 29 at-bats, has 18 hits for a .620 average so far in preseason play. Three Giant pitchers John D'Acquisto, Frank Riccelli, and Mike Caldwell held California to three hits, and San Francisco tagged Nolan Tyan for five runs in four innings, including Chris Speier's solo homer. Bob Bailey doubled twice, scored two runs and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly for Montreal. The Expos touched Texas relief pitcher Pete Broberg for three runs in the fifth inning. Charlie Spikes doubled in Cleveland's winning run, and shortstop Frank Duffy, who had homered to tie the game in the third inning, scored an insurance run in the Indians' victory over Milwaukee.

Bobby Murcer personally accounted for three Yankee runs that carried the New York club past Detroit, now managed Informer Yankee mentor Ralph Houk. Murcer doubled home two runs and scored the other himself in the first meeting of the two teams since Houk gave up the Yankee reins "Why should I break up that combination?" said West Georgia Coach Roger Kaiser, a former college great at Georgia Tech, "We have five mighty fine basketball players who just kept getting better. We haven't substituted much all year." Walker, a 6-foot-l star who was named the tournament's most valuable player, was the ringleader in the Georgians' triumph. In addition to scoring 24 points and grabbing nine rebounds, Walker intimidated Alcorn all night long with his deadly passes, his thefts of the ball and his harassment in causing Alcorn turnovers. Turner time after time took Walker's deadly passes and converted them into baskets.

He led all scorers with 28 points and at one stage of the second half hit on seven consecutive field goals that gave 14th-seeded West Georgia an 8465 advantage over the fourth- seed team from Mississippi. Turner and Walker earned berths on the all-tournament team along with Gerald Cunningham of Kentucky State, a 95-79 victor over St. May's of Texas in the battle for third place; Nate Archibald of Alcorn and Gary Tomaszewski of St. Mary's. Second team places went to Dennis Carter of St.

Mary's, John Drew of Gardner-Webb of North Carolina, William Bell of Alcorn, Dennis Laker of Hanover of Indiana and Edmonds. George Harris of St. Mary's received the Charles Stevenson Hustle Award. West Georgia, coming into the tournament with no pep squad or band, raced to a 53-43 halftime lead over Alcorn and never let the opposition get closer than four points thereafter. The Georgians scored the final 10 points in the first half's last two minutes for their intermission cushion.

West Georgia, 29-4 this season, really broke the game open with Turner's barrage of consecutive baskets. When Turner popped in his seventh in a row, Kaiser told his assistant, Jerry Reynolds, "I think we're going to win this." Alcorn, 29-6, had five players in double figures, led by Dellie Robinson's 14 points. When Alcorn got within four points for the last time, Kaiser called a timeout and huddled with his players. "I told them," he said, "we'd worked too hard this year to Kaiser didn't finish the sentence. The players already had the message.

OU Grapplers Win NCAA Title A record turnout of 13,500 wrestling enthusiasts witnessed the finals of the NCAA wrestling tournament held Friday and Saturday in Ames, Iowa. Oklahoma, Big Eight powerhouse, topped the field with 69' a points and edged past Michigan, Big Ten power, by two tallies. The tournament was decided when Jim Woods of Western Illinois defeated Michigan's Hut and kept the Sooners in the drivers seat. The total accumulative pin time award went to Jim Woods of Western Illinois with three pins totaling a time of 7:25. CCA Crown At Stake Tonight ST.

LOUIS (AP) Tall Southern Cal lakes on Indiana's Hoosiers for a basketball tilk- nobody seems to want tonight. And, if the coach of 15th- ranked USC is any kind of the scrap may be anything but artistic in finals of the first Collegiate Commissioners Association tourney. USC, a Goliath warding off a smaller David, needed an overtime to edge Bradley 76-73 in semifinals of the meet Sunday. Also hard-pressed to win and unspectacular to the consternation of its coach was lOth-ranked Indiana, which pasi Tolciin 72 in overtime "If we play the way we did the last 15 minutes and they play the way we did, it could be a real mess," predicted hits to pace Chicago past the USC's coach, Bob Boyd. USC, 23-4, was instigator of most of the wild antics Sunday while playing in streaks lo subdue Bradley.

Hard-working guard Dan Anderson scored 25 points and drove the Trojans to a 57-40 lead at 9:22 of the second half only to have the Pac-8 team's offense disintegrate. Bradley sent the lest into overtime locked at 63-63, then Anderson and rangy sophomore Bob Trowbridge combined for nine points to ease USC away. Indiana, 22-5, burst on top cold-shooting Toledo by 11-2 after seven minutes but never liad it so simple. Toledo, 19-9, manufactured a 39-33 lead at three minutes of the second half and knotted regulation play at 65-65 on Larry Cole's jump shot. ward, established himself as the Jayhawks' own "mircle man" in the Midwest playoffs -phi's on Oral Roberts' home court.

He scored the winning basket as Kansas slipped by Creighton, 55-54, Thursday, then pushed in two buckets in the final minute of overtime as the Jayhawks finally subdued the talented Titans. "The first time we came in the building to practice I saw that sign on Oral Roberts' dressing room," recalled Smith. "It said, 'Expect a Miracle' and I thought right then that's what I'm going to expect. And I guess that's what miracle." Six Kansas players scored in double had 19, Greenlee 18, Morningstar 16, Kivisto 13, Suttle 12 and Cook 10. The Jayhawks, leading by as much as 15 early in the game, slipped to nine behind with four minutes left.

Owens called the comeback "our guttiest performance to have no! played any one this year who could run and jump like Oral Roberts. They are outstanding." KANSAS CITY (AP) Norm Cook of Kansas, a 6-foot-8 native of Lincoln, 111., was named freshman basketball player of the year in the Big Eight Conference today. Cook ran away with the voting of a panel of sports writers and sportscasters. Only one other player received as many as two votes, Ronnie Daniels of Oklahoma State. Kansas Coach Ted Owens has said that the "addition of Norm Cook to our squad this season is one of the reasons we were able to turn our record around from last year." A year ago, the Jayhawks won only eight of 26 games, year, they posted a 21-5 record during the regular season, won the Big Eight cham- pionship and the Midwest Regional NCAA championship.

Kansas is headed now for Greensboro, N.C., and the semifinals of the NCAA championships. During the regular season, Cook was the team's top scorer in three games and tied for the honor in another game. He was the leading rebounder in seven contests and tied in another. He scored 131 field goals and 45 free throws for 307 points and a game average of 11.8. He had a 6.5 rebounding average.

Cook made 11 points and had seven rebounds in Kansas' 55-54 Midwest Regional victory over Creighton and 10 points and seven rebounds in the 93-90 overtime triumph over Oral Roberts. Tickets Are Still Available For The Celebrity Concert Featuring Ed Shaunghnessy Percussion Soloist Mar. CHS Auditorium Adults $2.00 Students $1.50 All Tickets at Door $2.50 Tickets available from band members, music dept. office, Linton Music Co. No Reserved Outstanding wrestling honors went to Floyd Hitchcock of Bloomburg State.

Wide World of Sports will televise the NCAA finals either April 6 or 7. Larry Maiorano, Chillicothe High School wrestling coach, and his wife, Pat, attended the NCAA meet at Ames. TEAM SCORES: Oklahoma Iowa St. Oregon Slippery FINAL Breece (Okla.) dec. Jack Spates (Slippery Rock), 3-2.

Milkouich (Mich.) dec. Billy Martin, (Okla. 5-2. Seulley (Lehigh) dec. Jim Miller (Northern 4-3.

142-Rick Laeinger (Wisconsin) dec. Steve Randall (Okla. 8-1. Hubbard (Mich.) dec. Bob Holland (Iowa St.) 147.

Kilgore Okla.) dec. Larry Zilverberg (Minnesota), 9-7. Wyn (W. Mich.) dec. Jeff Callard (Okla.) 5-2.

177-Flovd Hitchcock (Bloomburg St.) dec. Mel Renfro (Washington), 9-4. Stobel (Oregon St.) dec. Ben Otta (BYU), 7-2. Woods (Western 111.) dec.

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