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REPUBLIC MAIL Jablbar becomes Laker, four; to Bucks Kareem signs $5 million contract -M-pMMMMMMMIMMMMMMIIMMIIIIII I 1BW.BgBB)BBB)BBW Associated Press LOS ANGELES Kareem Abdul- basketball championships, In his three sten, for 10 years captain of the Finnish National team; defenseman RQadrunner director of player personnel Al Rollins, left, loads smorgasbord platters for newly acquired Finnish players and later loaded them with two-year contracts. With him, from left, are Juhani Whal- Pekka Rautakallio, winger Lauri Mononen and their U.S. agent, Herb Rudoy of Chicago. The ArizonaRepubiic FllAKK GMANEM.Li Runners sign Finnish pair Tuesday, June 17, 1975 Jabbar, three times an All-American at UCLA and three times the Most Valu- able Player in the National Basketball Association at Milwaukee, became a Los Angeles Laker Monday in a trade that, sent four players to the Bucks. Jabbar, 28, signed a five-year, multi-million dollar contract with the Lakers in.

the deal that sent center Elmore Smith, reserve guard Brian Winters and two 1975 first round-draft choices, 6-foot-8 Dave Meyers and 6-5 Junior Bridgeman, to the Bucks. Besides Jabbar, Los Angeles also received his backup at center with Milwaukee, 6-11 Walt Wesley. In addition, the Bucks will receive "future considerations" which were not specified, although one source said an amount of money was involved. Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke announced the trade in a news conference on the floor of the Forum. Lights were extinguished and a spotlight played on Abdul-Jabbar as he entered the arena he now will call home.

He is expected to make at least $500,000 a year with the Lakers although no one, including the 7-3 center, would divulge details of the pact except its length. "In my opinion, he is the. best basketball player in the world today and as far as I know he could be the best basketball player of all time," Cooke said. Jabbar said, "Everybody has patted me on the back on coming here, and I hope I can live up to it. I think I can." Long-rumored, the trade has been in the works several weeks.

A stumbling block was that Milwaukee demanded that both All-American Meyers of UCLA and Brideman of Louisville be signed to contracts before the exchange could be consummated. Cooke announced that both had signed, Bridseman only last Saturday. 'Again the contract terms were not disclosed, but it was reliably reported that Meyers signed a five-year deal for $1.5 million. Cooke said Bridgeman also signed a multi-year contract. The 7-1 Smith became the Lakers' regular center two seasons ago when Wilt Chamberlain quit to become player-coach with the San Diego Conquistadors of the American Basketball Association.

Smith, 26, had been acquired from Buffalo in 1973 in exchange for Jim McMillian. All six of the players involved were first round draft choices by the NBA teams, with Smith Buffalo's top choice in 1971 out of Kentucky State. Jabbar, who had asked to be traded from Milwaukee, said frankly that his first preference was the New York Knicks. "I had a strong desire to return home," said Jabbar, who grew up as Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor in New York City. After starring at Power Memorial High School, he decided on UCLA and led them to three national collegiate varsity seasons, the Bruins lost only two games.

Jabbar said the Lakers made a "sincere- effort" to get him, which was not the case in New York, and "I don't think it is smart to go to people who don't really want you." Abdul-Jabbar joined the Islamic religion in 1968 and changed his name three years later. When he made his feelings known about wanting to leave Milwaukee, Abdul-Jabbar said he wasn't knocking the city or the Bucks, "It's just that socially and culturally, I don't fit in Milwaukee." Toward the end of his collegiate career the same man had appeared dissatisfied with the Los Angeles area. Asked about that, he replied: "That was six years ago. A lot has changed. When I was going to UCLA, I was a young man and young men tend to be dissatisfied and blame it on location.

I'm now happy that I have come home here. I am looking forward to playing for the Lakers. I will do everything possible to help our club win many championships here." Bucks President Bill Averson told Milwaukee news conference he was pleased to announce the trade. He said: "This was a most difficult choice, but had we chosen otherwise, Kareem might have played out the option year of his contract and left us with nothing to replace the irreplaceable asset he has been. "We believe our future prospects are unmatched We will have a level of quality and talent we have never had before.

As soon as that talent comes together, we will have an instant contending team." After being the first choice in the NBA's 19R9 draft, Abdul Jabbar was Rookie of the Year in 1969-70, and the following season the Bucks won the NBA championship in their third year of existence. In addition to being the MVP three seasons, he was on the All Star team four times. In the 1974-75 season he averaged 29.9 points a game and his lifetime average is 30.4, highest ever in the NBA. Cooke said that terms to which Meyers and Bridgeman were signed "virtually were dictated, or at least the perimeter of the terms were dictated, by Milwaukee. We acted almost as agents for the Milwaukee Bucks." The transaction was the second within a year for the two teams who finished the season in last place in their divisions.

Earlier, the Bucks sent Lucius Allen, a former teammate of Jabbar's at UCLA, to the Lakers for Jim Price in a straight exchange of the two guards. With the Lakers, Abdul Jabbar probably will team with forwards Cazzie Russell, Kermit Washington and veteran Happy Hairston, with Allen and another former UCLA star, Gail Goodrich, at guard. Arizonans advance in NCAA net play Repuhlic News Wires CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. Arizona State's Mark Joffey and Glen Holroyd scored first round victories Monday as the National Collegiate Athletic Association tennis championships got under way. Arizona's Tom Maser also triumphed while ASU's Jeremy Cohen drew a bye.

Joffey beat Cornell Ballard of Eastern Michigan, 6-1, 6-2; Holroyd whipped Greg Henderson, Cal State-Fullerton, 6-4, 6-1; and Maser topped Joe Garcia, North Carolina, 7-5, 6-2. season Dennis Sobchuk and John Hughes. "Sobby" and Hughes were on loan from Cincinnati while the Stingers got ready to enter World Hockey Association play this season. With their help, the Runners made remarkable progress in their baptismal year, gaining the playoffs, saw Hucul named coach of the year and president Bill MacFarland Sporting News choice as WHA executive of the year. MacFarland thinks the two Finnish stars can fill those vacated shoes.

Both are vets of the Finnish national team. Mononen is a 180-pound lantern-jawed right winger who had 30 goals and 21 assists in 35 games with the Turku team and 8 goals, 7 assists in 30 games with the Nationals. He's had six years of World Tournament competition. Rautakallio, 195-pound defenseman who was named to the first division of Finnish competition when only 15 and has been a top-ranked National star for six years. Two trends are deflected in acquisition of the Finnish stars: 1 The Roadrunners' scouting system is sifting the player market finely; 2 The resource pool of production in Motherland Canada may be wearing thin under pressure of competition between the National Hockey League and the WHA.

The Finns' U.S. agent, Herb Rtidoy of Chicago, says "They're combat-seasoned, extremely capable. These are no rookies who have to be taught. They're among the finest out of Europe." Roadrunner player personnel chief Al Rollins agrees top Europeans are on a par with North American products. But just to be on the safe side, he also is bringing in defenseman Ron Serafini who played for Al at Salt Lake City, was traded last year to St.

Louis by the California Seals. Hucul knows Serafini's worth. No speculation there. No language trouble, either. Baseball American Leapue East 33 33 29 26 25 24 24 26 30 32 31 35 Pet.

.55 .492 .443 .446 .407 GB 1 5 Vi Tit 10 Boston New York Milwaukee Baltimore Detroit Cleveland West 35 25 35 28 29 27 30 30 31 33 25 34 Oakland Kansas City Minnesota Texas California Chicago .583 .56 .518 .500 ,484 .424 l'2 4 5 6 9'a Monday's Games Baltimore 8. Cleveland 3 Boston 6, Detroit 2, 12 Innings New York 10, Milwaukee 7 California at Kansas City, rain Minnesota 7, Oakland 6 Only games scheduled ToniiM's Games Oakland (Blue 9-5 and Holtzman 5-6) at Minnesota (Goltz 6-5 and Alburv 4-2), 2, Milwaukee (Castro 2-1 and Colborn 2-4) at New York (Gura 1-1 and Dobson 7-5), Baltimore (Cuellar 3-5) at Cleveland (Raich 2-0), (Pole 1-2 or Wis 6-5) at Detroit (LaGrow 4-5), (Singer 6-1) at Kansas City (Fltzmorrls 8-4), Chicago IKaat 9-3) at Texas (Haraan 4- 3), (n) (Section B) Page 4 ienkins bags PGA win Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Tom Jenkins survived a doublebarreled challenge in the double-round windup with scores of 69 and 72 and claimed his first professional victory Monday in the weather-worried Philadelphia Golf Classic. Jenkins, another in the army of University of Houston graduates now playing the tour, put together a 72-hole total of 275, nine under par on the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club course, a damp little layout that ranks as Jenkins' favorite. His gritty, scrambling finish in a drizzle left him one stroke clear of onrushing Johnny Miller, who took second and regained the season's money-winning lead with a pair of 68s on the closing day. Miller's 276 total was one in front of disappointed Bob Wynn, a 35-year-old tour regular who has yet to win.

Wynn, playing l'z hours in front of Jenkins, had a two-stroke lead with two holes to play but he took an eight on the par-four, 462-yard 71st hole. four, 462-yard 71st hole. He had barged into contention with a 65, six under par, in the morning round and then shot a 69 in the afternoon 18. He was third at 277. "I choked," Wynn candidly admitted.

Scottsdale's Joe Porter closed with a 75 for a 291 totaL good for $363). Jim Simons was fourth with a 68-71 and a 279 total. Buddy Allin followed at 280 after rounds of 69-70. South African Gary Player had a pair of 70s and was at 284. Tom Weiskopf withdrew after a poor effort in the twice-delayed opening round of this event.

Jack Nitklaus, Lee Trevino, Arnold Palmer and Hale Irwin skipped this tourney to concentrate on preparations for the U.S. Open that begins Thursday at Medinah, 111. A heavy rain and a flooding creek washed out play on Thursday and Friday, forcing Monday's double-round windup which was played in occasional showers. FINAL SCORES $2,900, 74-69-70-70-283; Mark Haves, Wffu Sfc Bobby Cole, Edwards. $1,957, 72-70-71 -71-284; Rocky Thompson, THE SEASON'S lesson in applied hockey psychology involves this tenuous factor, for Roadrunner coach Sandy Hucul: Can a growling, glowering Ukranian transmute his winning philosophy to a pair of Finnish non-speaking-English hockey stars and hone them to their glowing, potential utmost rCHhnces are Huck can get his ideas Across.

He already has proved that by guiding some stars of the out of Budweiser blurs, sunrise surprises, and primrose-pathing and up with hockey winners. Language could be the least of his problems when the Runners report to their fiext training camp tentatively fi'ooked for the Coliseum instead of soup-and-sandwich Canadian hideaway. That's because hockey is hockey on of the ocean. And the word fromScandinavia is that Lauri Mono-nen and Pekka Rautakallio signed Monday to two-year contracts, are poised and polished and good enough and rough enough to make Phoenix fans forget those two dynamic dudes of last Rally in ninth dump Giants By BOB EGER Despite the warm weather, the Phoenix Giants haven't had any streakers at their games lately. And at the moment, they're fresh out of streaks.

A five game winning streak and a string of 26 scoreless innings by Phoenix pitchers went down the drain Sunday night as Salt Lake City scored twice in the ninth inning to register a 7-5 victory at Municipal Stadium. The largest Sunday crowd in the two-year history of the Phoenix club's local ownership, 3,175, watched in dismay as the Giants let a 4-0 first-inning lead evaporate. The setback left Phoenix with a 2-1 advantage in this five-game series and dropped the Giants three games behind the front-running Gulls in the Pacific Coast League East. SALT LAKE ab bl PHOENIX abrb George-rf Allietta dh Torres cf Balaz If Jackson 3b Hampton Dohectv lb Mongp Eden 3b 5 1 Williams dh 4 0 Heintzelman 2b 3 1 Soeed If 4 1 2 1 Pepper lb Brown rf Herndon cf Lemaster Mull Redmon ph Gonzalez Mlnton Sukla Totals 4 0 4 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 34 I Totals 711 4 SALT LAKE PHOENIX 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 a j-7 0 0-5 ElwGeorqe, Mull, Monge, Eden, Jackson, Pepper. (HP.

Salt Lake 1. LOB Salt Lake 7, PhoenJ 5- 2B Speed, Hampton, Lemaster, George. 3B Jackson, Helntzelman. SB Brown, Hampton, Balaz. 7 IB BB BB A Monge (W, 7-4) 2-3) Sukfcr WP Gonzalez.

9 7 5 3 3 3 5 5 3 2 2 4 3 7 4 3 0 1 Vn 10 A 1 PB-Mull. Sports today RADIO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Houston at Los Angeles, KTAR, (620), 7:25 p.m.; California at Kansas City, KXTC, (92.3-FM), 5:23 p.m. PCL BASEBALL Salt Lake at Phoerjjx, KRDS, (1190), 7:30 p.m. Unhearlded Tim McNeil of San Jose State tossed a monkey wrench into Michigan's championship hopes. McNeil, a 6-foot-5 junior, upset ninth-seeded Victor Amaya of Michigan, 2-6, -6, 6-2, almost certainly ending any hopes the Wolverines might have had for the team title.

Amaya was the only one of the 16 seeded singles players to lose Monday and only No. 10 seed Ross Walker of Houston was extended to three sets. The top four seeds, including No. 1 ranked freshman -Billy Martin of UCLA, had byes. Doubles play continued late Monday night.

Most of the players complained bitterly about a strong, gusty wind that caused tempers to blow almost as hard as the wind in this coastal city. New Mexico coach Tom Pucci said, "Whoever plays well in the wind will win." That's supposed to be UCLA or Stanford. Michigan was considered to have a chance until Amaya lost. The two West Coast favorites advanced all singles entries with little trouble and defending singles champion John Whitlinger of Stanford whipped Ricky Meyer of Penn, 6- 2, 6-3. One other seeded player Alvaro Fillol of Miami, Fla.

was extended to two tie-breaker sets before winning, 7-6, 7- 6. standings National League East 34 23 31 24 32 rA 31 29 27 30 23 30 West 39 25 35 29 30 32 29 33 26 36 24 42 Pet. .596 .564 .533 .517 .474 .434 GB 2 3Vj 4'J 7 9 Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis Montreal Cincinnati Los Angeles San Die90 San Francisco Atlanta .609 .547 .484 .468 .419 .364 Houston Late game not included Monday's Games Chicaao 9, Philadelphia 7 San Dieqo 7, San Francisco 1 Pittsburgh 10, St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 9, Atlanta 2 Houston at Los Anqeles, (n) Only games scheduled Tonight's Games Philadelphia (Lonborg 6-3) at Chicaao (Zahn 1-3) New York (Matlack 8-4 and Tate 2-5) at Montreal (Rogers 4-4 and Stanhouse 0-0), 2, (t-n) St.

Louis (McGlothen 6-5) at Pittsburgh (Ellis 3-3), Atlanta (Morton 6-6 at Cincinnati (Nolan 7-3), Houston (Roberts 3-8) at Los Angeles (Messarsmlth 9-3), San Diego (Freisleben 4-4) at San Francisco (Hallcki 2-2), Pacific Coast League I stf Pet. .597 .571 .555 .338 O.B. Vh 4Vj 16Vj Eastern Division 3 9 29 34 Salt Lak Phoenix .574 .523 .460 .424 Albuquerque IUI ucson 20 38 x-aenoies iaie game Sunday's Results Salt Lake 7, Phoenix 5 Tucson 9, Albuquerque 8 Spokana 2-7, Tacoma 10-4 Hawaii 6, Sacramento 5 Western Division w. 3 Hawaii 37 7 Tacoma 36 9Va Spokane 32 Sacramento 22 Monday's Games Albuquerque at Tucson Salt Lake at Phoenix Spokane at Tacoma Sacramento at Hawaii $1,957, 70-75-70-69-241 Don January, Bill Rogers, $1,320, 72-72-69-72-585; Ken Still, $1,132, 70-72-70-74 28A; David Glenz, $1,132, 71 -74-70-71 -286; Hubert Green, $1,132, 286; Gary Wlntz, $1,132 73-71-72-70286; Nat Stnks, $1,1.12, 71-70-75-70-286; John Schlee, $1,132, 69-1 SS- 69- 286; Marlon Herk, $930, 72-73-73-69-287; to Douglas, $930 72-72-74-69 287; Joe Inman, $930, 70- 73-72-72-287. Associated Press Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was all smiles at Los Angeles news conference announcing his acquisition by the NBA Lakers In tracje with Milwau- kee's Bucks.

In foreground is L.A. owner Jack Kent Cooke..