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Knicks Near Playoff Sweep i By ALEX SACHARE as New York grabbed a 3 0 r)Afpndpr and hroaV froa t' ilist nlnvad rpal 0nnd dafanca 'tfl SPOffi if Carew takes the late Gullett aces Marichal In Opener Players 'Strike' Differently Now To Defeat Pacers 'Move Ball Quickly Rangers Rifle Bruin Goal outside and of Elie Porsche 914 20 Teams Enter Vincennes Men's Slow Pitch League Bruins Offered China Tour? SNAPPER SNIPPER said it understood SAVE INAL 1972 MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS BEAM AMERICAN NATIONAL WIN A MAPPER COMET YOURS TO USE EXCLUSIVELY OR 1 YEAR THt WORLD INEST BOURBON Drawing: April 20 amilton CSbSon 1002SO 15TH ST 882 9636 86 PROO KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY DISTILLED ANO BOTTLED BY THE JAMES BEAM DISTILLING CO CLERMONT BEAM KENTUCKY 3U vt a (W JTMBLUI SNAPPER MEASURES UP! JD Morgan said be no comment at the the the the the the Knicks Coach a master of saying things a good spot Robisch and and hauled his best this at in Pct 617549548455 70 70 74 76 84 91 62 67 77 78 80 tonight The fifth playoff game will be played Saturday night at In dianapolis Pct 619 548532481449 378 DURING THE 6:30 NEWS ON CHANNEL 7 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Don Gullett was scheduled to deliver the first pitch of the 1973 baseball sea son today giving the major leagues a two week jump on last year You remember last year when opening day was a little 15 days late to be exact because of the first player strike in history six as they home ice ad 6 2 opening Pct 600565500 494484351 GB 62 14 21 Detroit Boston Baltimore New York Cleveland Milwaukee Oakland Chicago Minnesota Kansas City California Texas 59 70 73 81 86 97 GB 5 44 1544 16 4 18 3844 nesota second baseman Rod throw (AP Wirephoto) as New Vnrk rrrahhnd a 1 0 lead in the playoff series by beating the Bullets in Balti more 103 96 Wednesday night Bill Bradley was high scorer for New York with 23 points followed by Dave DeBusschere 19 Earl Monroe 18 and Willis Reed and Walt razier 16 apiece Hayes meanwhile was a one man gang hitting 16 of 26 shots from the field and also grabbing 14 rebounds The key to the victory in ad dition to New balanced scoring was the team defense played by the and not by the Bullets Time and again Knick players would elude their Y5' start are also set for riday and the final AL opener will be played Saturday Gullett baby faced left hander and Marichal the grizzled ace of the San rancisco staff had the start ing jobs for opener be tween the Reds and Giants But gloomy weather threatened the game with cloudy skies and showers predicted possibly REE YARDSTICKS LET US SHOW YOU HOW Bv ALEX SACHARE Associated Press Sports Writer The Knicks had balanced and their trademark team defense Baltimore had Elvm Hayes but little else As a result New York is one game away from sweeping its first round National Basketball Association playoff series with Baltimore and Red Holzman moderation is like in Each of the five Knick start ers scored 16 points or better more than offsetting a brilliant 36 point performance by Hayes 86 85 80 79 72 65 ueienuers ana oreaK tree tor Jusl piayeu real gooa aeiense clear shots while at the other end of the court the switching tactics blanketed the Bullets In other playoff games the Boston Celtics took a 2 0 lead in their first round NBA series with Atlanta by beating the Hawks 126 113 in Atlanta while in the American Basketball As sociation Utah beat San Diego 103 92 to take a 2 0 lead All series are best of seven John Havlicek who scored 54 points in the series opener led Bostoh with 29 points Jo Jo White added 24 points Dave Cowens had 20 points and 25 rebounds and Paul Silas added 17 rebounds Boston led 29 13 after the first quarter then shook off an At lanta comeback with a 10 0 spurt in the second period Boston Coach Tom Heinsohn emulating Holzman also was not ready to claim victory in the series depite his second consecutive impressive triumph not over he war ned capable of play ing better than they have We By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Since joining the Bruins goaltender Jacques Plante has found Boston a veritable foun tain of youth Wednesday night however the New York Rangers made him feel his all 44 them The Rangers took 31 shots Plante who was appearing his 111th Stanley Cup game and scored on erased vantage with a round victory ACTORY TRAINED REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS! SPECIAL WE'RE SNIPPING THE PRICE ON THIS MODEL 26S 59 69 70 84 86 445 95 379 MNIUCKYV5TRAICHT BOURBON WHISKEY DENVER (AP) out of the woods said Denver Coach Alex Hannum as he drilled his Rockets for American Basketball Association playoff game with Pacers who lead 2 1 in the best of seven Western Di vision series try to move the ball up quickly again We were most successful when we were able to do Hannum was referring to his 105 94 victory over the Pacers Tuesday night here following a pair of losses at Indiana The team went through a one hour practice composed mostly of shooting Wednesday and avoided a scrimmage I had them scrimmage today kill each said Hannum as he watched the squad work on their fast break The Pacers outran and out hustled Denver in the first two games last weekend winning 114 91 and 106 93 After the will probably be ready to play tirst three games they have six men with double figure scoring averages led by forward George McGinnis with a 243 Atlanta was led by Pete Mar avich with 30 points and Lou Hudson with 27 Coach Cotton itzsimmons observed better than we have looked We know we have to slow them down to win but when behind you play a slow down But Boston played with confidencethey were awe Willie Wise scored 29 points to lead Utah past the expansion Conquistadors Utah led of the first half San Diego grabbed a brief lead in the third period then Wise and Ron Boone moved Utah out to a 99 5 88 lead with four minutes play I Boone finished with 23 while Chuck Williams and Stew' Johnson topped San Diego with 23 and 21 respectively In addi tion to his points Wise grabbed" 10 rebounds and had five as sists In playoff action tonight Mil waukee meets Golden State at Oakland in the NBA and Caro lina plays the New York at Uniondale NY and Indiana is at Denver in the ABA Pittsburgh Chicago New York St Louis Montreal Philadelphia Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles Atla nta San rancisco 69 ban Diego JIM Beam Los Angeles Sharks Since coming to Boston from Toronto Plante had compiled a 7 1 record with two shutouts But Plante admits the years have taken their toll use my reflexes to stop the shots he says got to play the The game plan in dicated that they too concerned about aid for the el derly wanted to take as many shots as said The only strikes this opening day were to be thrown by Gul lett of the Reds and San ran Juan Marichal the op posing pitchers in only scheduled game The American League and its revolutionary designated player rule gets going riday with five games scheduled The remain ing five NL openers following traditional early points per game average Only three Rockets have a scoring average of better than nine points in the opening con tests led by Ralph Simpson with 22 points a game But Hannum is looking for a repeat of Tuesday play to pull the Rockets even in the series tonight In that game Julius Keye swapped places with center Dave scored 19 points down 21 rebounds season Robisch moved hit 22 points and grabbed 16 rebounds and Al Smith subbing for ailing Warren Jabali pumped in 14 points and had 11 assists Jabali who sparked the Rockets to a 47 37 record over the regular season has been sidelined with a sore back The team said Wednesday the in jury has been diagnosed as less serious than thought and Jabali GB 1'644 1044 25 '2644 3644 Always in first place Walking Lawn Sprinler To Be Given Away Just Register GB 1 1 1344 2144 2644 3744 WASHINGTON (AP) national collegiate champion basketball team has been invited to tour the Peoples Republic of China sometime in May the Washington Post said Thursday In Los Angeles UCLA Athlet ic Director will this The Post school officials were polling the players on the matter and a de cision would be forthcoming this In a meeting held Tuesday night at the Community Rec reation Center the Slow Pitch Softball League elected five new officers for the 1973 season and welcomed 20 teams into the league William Roach Director of Parks and Recreation who conducted the meeting explained that each team had at least one representative in attendance Officers for the 1973 season which will begin May 21 at the ield are Otto Lay president Jim Tromley first vice president Bob Bloom second vice president Robby Lane treasurer and Terry Scott secretary The 20 teams that will play in this city league will be arm Bureau Insurance IGA Drieman Tavern Royal Crown Cola Pepsi Cola Bev Corp Grocery Saladmaster Alicetown Res taurant Standard Mutual of Omaha Old Post Pack age Liquor American Legion Niblack Apartments Lay Brothers Excavating Stoplight Restaurant Lounge Big Bryant Chevrolet Essex Wire College Plaza and one team without a name Roach explained that 13 teams have new sponsors i Any player or coach can pick up the new by laws for this league as well as a schedule for all summer games at the Community Recreation Center 320 Busseron any time after April 9 Tournaments for this year are scheduled for the last weekend in June and last weekend in August with the city championship to be declared within the first two weeks of Sep tember or any further information please call the Community Recreation Center at 882 1140 Roach also announced that the league is still looking for two umpires as well as a full time score keeper and concessions attendant Anyone interested may apply at the Community Rec reation Center I ST 1 4 i In other Nation al Hockey League Stanley Cup games Montreal edged Buffalo 2 1 Minnesota blanked the Philadelphia lyers 3 0 and Chicago stopped St Louis 7 1 to all take 1 0 leads in their best of 7 playoffs While over in the WHA Cleveland gained a 1 0 advan tage in its best of 7 series by defeating the Philadelphia Blaz ers 3 2 in overtime while Min nesota won its one game play off with Alberta 4 2 Tonight Houston is at home against the Coach Emile rancis who had isolated his team since THURSDAY APRIL 5 1973 PAGE 9 Vincennes Sun Commercial SECTION TWO 5 40 3 UNITS ONLY EAST DIVISION 96 85 83 75 70 59 WEST DIVISION 95 84 85 70 58 '4Z BEATS THROW Houston Astros' centerfielder Cesar Ce deno goes into second ahead of the throw from home in the first inning Wednesday night at the Houston Astrodome Min I SADLER MOTORS INC 1050 Washington Ave EAST DIVISION Pct 551 548 519 510 462 417 WEST DIVISION 93 87 77 76 75 54 100 mixed with light snow Along with opener the Texas Rangers and Cleve land Indians close out the exhi bition season with a game at San Antonio Tex In Wednesday exhibi tion action the Indians stopped the Rangers 4 3 as Walt Wil liams collected four hits and Leo Cardenas knocked in two runs Elsewhere the Los Angeles Dodgers stopped the Oakland 6 3 the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 5 0 California Angels nipped Milwaukee Brewers 2 1 New York Yankees clipped New York Mets 3 2 and Minnesota Twins topped Houston Astros 6 4 Home runs by Steve Garvey and Willie Davis carried Los Angeles over Oakland The con secutive shots off reliever Roll ie ingers in the sixth inning wiped out a 2 1 lead and the Dodgers later scored two more runs over No 1 fire man Bill Bonham Bob Locker and Rick Reuschel combined for a five hit shutout as the Cubs beat the Padres Bonham night in itchburg allowed no hitsin three innings Mass to prepare for the game ocef Jour Lob Reuschel four hits four uuui UKU up close then we took them far As soon as the first puck was dropped in Montreal NHL1 playoff history was made as each team had a Dryden in the nets The Canadiens had Ken Dryden boasting the best goals against average while Buffalo countered with Dave Dryden a suprise starter over Roger Crozier 4 ft The Sun Rjrsche DOOR PRIZE JUST REGISTER NO PURCHASE NECESSARY SNAPPER 21 APRIL 6 7 8 AT HAMILTON SON 8 YAW 1 i I Li Yau 4 laifBHIi' VMM a UUMM 4 a iitiA Il 55 RCT IL 9 1 toa 4 'ail 11 a a uV I' i i i A 1 Li jOMillMili 1 Mu yy 7s I 1 ii I Hi YM tU iffl tlH(( fW Jfl ffi JIM BUI 0.