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MOPE (AkK.) STAR Friday, Nevemter 3t, 1173 Nation's energy crisis Invades world of sports Press Sports Writer The nation's energy crisis doesn't stop at your neighborhood gas station or your living room thermostat. It's likely to reach beyond right into your recreation time and your occupation with the world of sports. For example, with gasoline in short supply, you might choose to use your quota for more important trips than a ride out to the ball park to watch the local team play. That possibility hasn't been lost on sports administrators and the subject is being studied on several fronts. It is due for at least a cursory examination at the baseball meetings in Houston next week.

Baseball, of course, could be directly affected because so many games are played each season at night with artificial lights. The California Angels announced this week that they would reduce the number of games played under the lights in Anaheim by 12.3 per cent next season. "If they tell us we can't play night ball because of the electrical power drain, we can't exist," said Calvin Griffith, president of the Minnesota Twins. "From a business standpoint, we simply cannot play during the day. We couldn't even pay our hospital insurance with what we'd draw with all-day baseball." There is also the matter of air travel and the cutbacks of flights because the fuel shortage.

Baseball is considering returning to train transportation for short trips. Trains provided the main source of transportation for chibs before expansion to the West Coast in 1969. Planes, of course, would still be used for crosscountry travel. Football isn't as directly concerned because there is less frequent travel and most games are played during the day. The golf circuit depends heavily on air travel for players to get from tournament to tournament.

Many expressed concern over the problem. Basketball and hockey teams also do a majority of their travel on charter air planes and the cutbacks have those sports worried too. Like baseball, hockey plays virtually its entire schedule at night with artifical lighting and is dependent on power supplies to keep ice surfaces refrigerated. Considerable attention has been directed at auto racing where, after all, the chief attraction is cars chasing around motor raceway tracks, owning fuel. John Cooper, executive secretary of the National Mo- torsports Committee, bridles at the criticism and says auto racing fuel use is "insignificant compared to the total consumption." Because it takes gas to reach slopes most ski resorts are likely to feel the energy pinch earliest.

The Sunday ban on the sale of gas particularly irked resort owners. There are plans being drawn up in the Northeast and West to arrange for car pools so skiers cm still reach their destinations. Arkansas will test UCLA's winning streak tonight Hope 8tar Sports By ANDY LIPPMAN Associated Press Starts Writer Can UCLA and Its center, Bill Walton, get any better? Much to the dismay of his team's opponents, Bruin Coach John Wooden thinks the answer to both questions is yes. "Walton is going to be better this year," Wooden says "and we have better depth than we've had in some years." The testing of UCLA's 75- game winning streak begins tonight with the Brains hosting Arkansas and then fourth-ranked Maryland Saturday night. Other top-ranked teams beginning their seasons tonight are No.

11 San Francisco, No. 1ft Aritona, No. 16 Pern, No. 17 Jacksonville, No. II Alabama No.

10 Memphis State. Arizona, which last year used a group of freshmen to finish second in the Western Athletic Conference, entertains Illinois, while San Francisco begins its defense of the West Coast Athletic Conference by hosting San Diego University. Pern, an Ivy League favorite, meet! New Hampshire as part of a doubleheader at the Pa- lestra in Philadelphia, and Jacksonville, an independent, plays St. John's, N.Y., in a tournament at Clemson, S.C. Southeast Conference powerhouse Alabama travels to Georgia Tech and Memphis Stale, the final stepping stone last year to UCLA's seventh straight National Collegiate Athletic Association title, takes on Missouri-Rolls at home.

Maryland would love the prestige of being the team to finally topple Bruins, but Terp Coach Lefty Driesell says he doesn't want to be around if UCLA loses tonight. "I'd hate to catch UCLA on the rebound," Driesell said. "I don't mind catching them when they're fat." In addition to the UCLA- Maryland game, other top contests Saturday have second- ranked North Carolina State entertaining Athletes In Action, No. 3 Indiana hosting The Citadel, No. North Carolina playing No.

14 Houston at Greensboro, N.C., No. 7 Marquttte hosting St. John's, No. I Notre Dame entertaining Valparaiso, Cincinnati at No.9 Louisville, and Miami, Ohio traveling to lOth-ranked Ken- tucky. No.

12 Long Beach State hosts Puget Sound, Utah is at No. 13 Kansas State, No. 14 Houston plays North Carolina at Greensboro, N.C., No. 15 Ari- tona la at Southern California, No. 17 Jacksonviple will be in the IPTAY tourney at Clemson, S.C., Texas Tech at No.

li Nevada-Las Vegas and No. 20 Memphis State entertains Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Pro basketball Can the Dallas Cowboys tame the Denver Broncos? By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W. L. G.B.

Boston New York Buffalo Philadelphia 16 3 .842 12 11 .522 6 10 13 .435 8 8 14 .364 By BEN THOMAS Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) Can the Dallas Cowboys tame the Denver Broncos? That's one of the biggest questions this weekend in the National Football League. The upstart Broncos are in first place in the American Conference West. Yes, first place with only three games left on the regular-season schedule. And the Cowboys are in second place in the National Conference East, one game behind the Washington Redskins. Dallas (7-4) at Denver (S4-3) paper, the Cowboys are a much better team than the Broncos both offensively and defensively.

Probably even better than the three-point edge that the oddsmakers give Dallas. We don't think enough emphasis has been given to Denver's desire, which should make the Broncos this weekend's darlings of destiny. So BRONCOS 24, COWBOYS 22. Minnesota (10-1) at Cincinnati (7-4) A must game for Cincinnati, which could move into a first-place tie in the AFC Central if both Pittsburgh and Cleveland lose. The Vikings, fa- vored by seven, have nothing to gain either way.

Let's go with desire once more. BENGALS 28, VIKINGS 24. Pittsburgh (8-3) at Miami (10-1) The Steelers may have desire, but their No. 1 and No. 2 quarterbacks are out of action against the defending Super Bowl champions for the Monday night Mouth Bowl.

Dolphins are only favored by 84. Could be one of those candy- from-a-baby steals. DOLPHINS 28, STEELERS 14. Cleveland (7-3-1) at Kansas City (6-4-1) Another must game for both teams. The Chiefs are favored by three and Jan Stenerud's toe might just provide them with the winning three points.

CHIEFS 23, BROWNS 20. Baltimore (2-9) at New York Jets (34) The Colts' secondary seems to bring out the best in opposing quarterbacks this season. And that may be exactly what the doctor ordered for Joe Namath. JETS 34, COLTS 17. Oakland (6-4-1) at Houston (110) Ho hum, next game.

RAIDERS 44, OILERS 14. San Diego (24-1) at New England (4-7) The Patriots have a chance to equal their 1971 record, 64, by winning two of their final three games and with the Chargers, plus the Baltimore Colts as two of their three final foes, they should do it. PATRIOTS 28, CHARGERS 17. Detroit (4-6-1) at St. Louis (37-1) This could be the only good chance St.

Ixniis has to win another game this season, but the Lions, except for a game against the Dolphins, have two chances this game and an upcoming one with the Chicago Bears. The Lions are slight favorites and should pull this one out. LIONS 21, CARDINALS 17. Angeles (9-2) at Chicago (34) The Rams have to keep winning if they are to keep the Atlanta Falcons from catching them in the NFC West. The schedule favors the Falcons, too, so the Rams can't relax any.

This would be a nice spot for one of those upsets the Bears pull off every once in awhile. But it shouldn't happen this time. RAMS 31, BEARS 14. New Orleans (4-7) at Green Bay (34-2) The Packers are favored by seven here. It's about time that they came through with a victory, but let's look for another upset and say SAINTS 28, PACKERS 18.

Alabama faces most important game Saturday By JOHN NELSON Associated Press Spsrts Writer Alabama Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant admits he's coming into Saturday's meeting with Auburn "kind of blindfolded" by the Tigers' new Veer offense. But he's been working this week to shed the blindfolds so that Alabama, 104, will not have to face the untidy prospect of meeting Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl Dec. 31 with a sullied record. "This is the most important game of the year for a lot of reasons for us," the Crimson Tide coach says. "We've got to concentrate on winning the state championship and get our minds off of anything else." While No.

Alabama meets Auburn on national television, Ara Parseghian's fifth-ranked Irish face the University of Miami, Hurricanes at night. Ironically, both Notre Dame, 94, and Alabama are four-touchdown favorites. The oddsmakers have made Alabama, which beat Miami 4313 earlier this season, a one- touchdown pick over the Irish in the Sugar Bowl. Also on national television Saturday will be the traditional Army-Navy game at Philadelphia. Other day games Saturday the final day of regular season action in college football include No.

2 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt at No. 19 Tennessee, Florida State at Florida, Georgia Tech at Georgia, Boston College at Holy Cross, Baylor at Rice and Texas Christian at Southern Methodist. Saturday night contests include No. 8 Louisiana State at Tulane, Tulsa at No. 14 Houston, Iowa State at San Diego, Utah at Hawaii and Brigham Young at Texas-El Paso.

In the NAIA Division II championships, Glenvilie, W. faces Northwestern, Iowa, at Huntington, W. Va. Elon meets LaCrosse at Bur- lington, N.C., and Langston meets Abilene Christian in the NAIA Division I semifinals. In the NCAA Division HI semifinals, San Diego University is at Wittenberg, and Juniata plays Bridgeport.

Penn State's football teams have gone to a major bowl game five of the past six years. Central Division Capital 10 9 .526 Atlanta 12 11 .522 1 Cleveland 8 16 .333 4Vk Houston 7 15 .318 4 Mi Western Conference Midwest Division Milwaukee 20 4 .833 Chicago 17 6 .739 Detroit 12 10 .545 K.C.-Omaha 6 19 .240 Pacific Division las Angeles 15 7 .682 Golden Ut. 13 7 .650 1 Portland 10 12 .455 5 Seattle 9 17 .346 8 Phoenix 6 16 .273 9 Thursday's Games Phoenix 119, Kansas City- Omaha 99 Golden State 119, Portland 89 Friday's Games Capital at Buffalo Philadelphia at Cleveland Detroit at Houston New York at Chicago Boston at Milwaukee Kansas City-Omaha at Los Angeles Phoenix at Portland Saturday's Games Chicago at Boston Cleveland at New York Houston at Philadelphia Seattle at Atlanta Detroit at Phoenix Angeles at Portland Kansas City-Omaha at Golden State ABA East DivtsbM W. L. Pet.

G.B. Kentucky 16 6 .727 Carolina IB 8 .692 New York 11 12 .478 Memphis 9 15 .375 8 Virginia 7 14 .333 8M- West Division Denver 12 10 .545 San Antonio 12 12 .500 1 Utah 12 12 .500 1 Indiana 11 12 .478 1H San Diego 8 15 .348 4 Thursday's Games Kentucky 102, Memphis 92 Denver 127, Indiana 111 Friday's Games Virginia at San Diego Memphis vs. Carolina at Greensboro Indiana vs. Kentucky at Cincinnati San Antonio at Utah Denver at New York Saturday's Games New York vs. Virginia at Norfolk Kentucky vs.

Carolina at Charlotte Memphis at Indiana San Antonio at Denver PRIDE AND HEART HANOVER, N.H. (AP) Senior tackle Mike O'Hare, of Harvard, says one doctor was wrong. "I originally got involved in football because of asthma," says O'Hare. "A doctor said I would never be in athletics. I found out you just need a little pride and a little heart." Games is the name of the game by Joan Ryan Kings fall farther behind WASHINGTON Most men who find themselves on the shady side of thirty have long since retired from the field of play.

But David Dickenson, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is no armchair athlete. All sports, all games are a challenge. Indeed, all of life is a contest to him. Some of his best friends were born with silver spoons in their mouths but David came into the world clutching an ll-karat gold trophy. He saw the blue ribbons festooning his crib and he knew at once that they meant first place.

Compared to David Dickenson, Vince Lombard! didn't even try. Whether he's playing in a Short Hills, N.Y., invitational paddle tennis tournament where he's ranked nationally, or whether he's quarterbacking the touch football game at the annual 4th of July picnic in rural Ohio, David plays to win. Dinner guests at his home find themselves in competition as soon as the coffee cups are gathered. Sometimes it's a race against the timer clock to answer a home-made quiz on current events. Or, on a slow evening, the man withdraw to the library not with brandy and cigars, but with David's portable waste-paiper basketball game.

And David Dickenson keeps score. His friends might laugh off their ineptness but David's eyes glint and his muscles snap. He plays to win, even in his own library, with his own friends, in a simple game of waste-paper basketball I am happy to announce that David Dickenson's unique athletic skills and his competitive drive have not gone unnoticed. He finally pulled off an athletic coup of such magnitude that even Sports Illustrated was forced to comment. It happened last June, during Kinland Country Club's member-guest tournament.

David, who is an it-handicap golfer, helped with the arrangements. He convinced his club that a $4000 Pontiac should be held as a prize for a hole-in-one on the 155-yard, par 3, 6th hole. He even took out an insurance policy against the unlikely possibility that such a feat was possible. It seemed a safe lure. The shot is over water to a slanted green but in a practice round David's tee shot fell within three feet of the pin.

Certain Kirtland officials knew it was only a matter of time before they were taken. Perhaps because it was his idea to offer a prize tor the hole-in-one; perhaps because a $4000 luxury car holds mure lasting status than an engraved silver tray; perhaps because David Dickenson'is bizarrely competitive well, you know what happened. "Guess who got the hole-in-one?" chortled John Burr, loastinasler for the gala awards presentation that evening. "That d- David Dickenson, that's who!" David's assembled friends applauded out of poUtent'ss, not surprise. The Dickenson fuck continued Later that month, David and his paddle tennis doubles partner, Carrington Clark, By THE ASSOCIATED The Kansas CUy-Omaha Kings unveiled their latest coach Thursday night but the results were predictable.

Phil Johnson saw his team stay clow for three quarters before falling apart in the final period and absorbing a beating at the hands of the Phoenix SUM. It was the math straight Ion far me Kings aad dropped their record for the to til Golden State whipped Portland UMI in the only other National Basketball Association to the Basketball Kentucky took 117-111 Johnson, who has been an assistant with Chicago for the past three seasons, succeeds Draff Young, who succeeded Bob Cousy when Cousy quit. Young goes back to being an assistant coach and Cousy goes hack to being unemployed. Phoanii led by Jut three points after three but blew it open by the Ktoga IMI to the (ma) quarter. RaoUe Mike BMtoa came off the bench to score it points in the fourth period and wound up vim II on the night.

Charlie Scott added Sf for the SUM. Nate Archlhtld scored 24 potota and Jimmy Walker had II for Kansas Warriors Rookie Darrek Dickey scored Iftpototo to the fourth quarter ielu Ifca srkeauls ef itor Tablet as Golden State won going away. Rick Barry was the top man with 22 points while Sidney Wicks had 26 for Portland, ft was the Warriors' fifth win in their last six outings and lifted them to within one game of first-place Los Angeles in the Pacific Division. Celeaels 1H, Tarns Kentucky wrapped up the aee-eaw struggle by outpointing Memphis over the final two minutes. Dan Issel wound up with 32 points for the Colonels who have won 16 of 22 games mis year.

George Thompson topped the Tarns with 21 points. Rackets UT, Pacers 111 Willie Long and Warren Ja- oali combined for SO points for Denver to offset a 44-point out- by Indiana's George McGinnjf. The Rockets pulled away with some sharp-shooting in the final period, sinking 19 of 96 shots from the flow. runaway. BAENGER THEATRE Dee.

I. Ttcketo greup tolermtliei m- ngt ftift gee4 territory er you vtt ke rtoteg to SHUGART COUPON took some clients on a fishing trip to the Virgin Islands. David took his camera, not his fishing gear. He was trying to avoid showing up his prospective clients. "Hold this, Dave," someone said, handing over his rod and reel to reach for a cooling beer.

Naturally, that was a mistake. Before you could say blue marlin, David had landed five, ranging from 350 pounds to 500 pounds. Carrington Clark caught a shark. David's exploits, while tinged with good fortune, underscore a deadly combination of ability and determination. "Everybody's talking about how lucky he is," his wife Jenny said between giggles.

"But 1 have to confess, I think he makes his own luck. "And he doesn't really play a lot of golf," she added thoughtfully. Good grief, 1 hope not. Kirtland Country Club couldn't afford to have him as member if he practiced. 't-K I A-SSN i to Date 30 Friday Dec.

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