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SecHon BUSINESS, FINANCIAL Pages P12-D19 INVESTOR'S FORUM Page D12 Asbury Park Sunday ASBURY PARK, N.J., SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1971 Dl CB A Colts Capture Second 'A' Title Essex Catholic i. i-i, 70-68 Victim a. 1 III 1 -t .111 SPORTS MEWS Pnirc D1-D8 THEN AND NOW Paw D7 press tit a -1 Li A Vs it v. CHAMPIONS wm run -y rv vXV Li Bill Paterno, whose foul shots clinched Parohcial A title for Christian Brothers, is interviewed by Tom Murtha, WJLK sports staff, after Colts beat Essex Catholic, 70-68, for state crown. Paterno.

Standing (left to right) are Brian Neuwirth, Peter Brewin, Ed Sauce, Anthony O'Shea, Peter Holland, Dennis Gallagher, Mark Petraitis, Brian Smith, and Coach Vincent Cox. Christian Brothers Academy basketball team, Parochial A champions of N.J. State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Kneeling (left to right) are Bill Koch, Captain Mike Mosco, Paul McMullen, Ray Kelly, Dave Weigand and Bill PAROCHIAL 'A' PENN ROUTED WICKS HERO All-America Sinks 4 Late Fouls to Win for the Bruins Biggest Victory Ever, Says Villanova Coach Jack Kraft and also champion of the North Jersey Catholic Federation, ended its season with a 19-6 record. Early in the season, the Essex Catholic Eagles lost a 62-59 decision to the Colls.

It marked the fourth time that the Colts won the South Jersey championship and played for the state title. The Colts' first state championship came in 1965 at Atlantic City against Don Bosco. CBA LOST to Don Bosco in the finals in 1966 and again in 1970. It was the first appearance for Essex Catholic in the final. Five of the seven Colts played their last basketball game for CBA Koch, Kelly, Mosco, Paul McMullen, and Neuwrith.

The Colts' foul line accuracy was the difference again yes-, terday although they were not up to their usual great marksmanship from the line. The Eagles enjoyed a 29-23 margin in field goals. However the Colts converted 23 of 37 free throws, while the Eagles muffed 14 of their 34 attempts from the foul line. TIIE EAGLES physical style of play saw four of their players leave the game on fouls in the final period Ron Brown, Dennis Dellano, Reilly, and Ray Littlejohn. The Colts also lost their ace, Kelly, wity 2:42 left in the final period.

Essex committed 27 personal fouls, while the Colts were charged with 16. The hero was Koch, who played his best offensive game ever. He scored 33 points, 11 of them from the foul line in 14 attempts. He popped in 11 of his 27 field goal attempts. Before his early departure, Kelly also completed a great career by posting 22 points, eight of them in 11 attempts from the foul line.

Kelly sank seven of his 20 field goal attempts. Kelly's worth was even better in rebounding where he was the game's leader with 12. Actually it was in this department, rebounding, where the Eagles were superior with a 45sJ8 margin. Reilly and Littlejohn each grabbed 10 rebounds for the Eagles. THE EAGLES, trailing 19-14 at the end of te first quarter, fought back and led most of the third period and early in the final session.

The Eagles went ahead for the last time, 59-58. with 5:15 left to play on a jumper by Dellano. Kelly put the Colts ahead for good. 60-59, on a See COLTS Page D2 HADDONFIELD Christian Brothers Academy upheld tho prpstige of Central Jersey basketball yesterday afternoon by winning its second state championship in the Parochial A final of the 53rd N.J. State Interscholastic Athletic Association Basketball Tournament.

CoA raced off to an early lead when staved off a determined lata surge by a rugged Essex Catholic quintet that would not quit. CBA's Colts, coached by Vin Cox, eked out a 70-68 victory thanks to superior marksmanship at the foul line. The Colts' approximately 700 fans of the estimated total attendance of 1,000 rooters went wild with joy after the game. Captain Mike Mosco was lifted by his mates to cut down the net. Ail of the Colts' players and their happy coach were interviewed by Tom Murtha, color man for WJLK, Radio Voice of the Asbury Park Press.

COX SAID, "I am very happy although I had many anxious minutes. It was Bill Koch's best offensive effort ever. I put Brian Neuwirth, senior, in to replace (Ray) Kelly when he fouled out, because of his quickness, you know there three big men were sidelined at the tune. "We turned the ball over three times late in the game and missed foul shots just when I thought we would put them away. One of the key plays came when Mosco tied up (Tom) Reilly in a scramble under the basket and got a jump ball out of it.

We finally got possession. "We thought from the start of the season that we would win the state championship. The rapid development of Bill Paterno, sophomore, was what did it. However, I had more anxious moments in the game than I expected. Essex Catholic would never give up and we missed numerous chances to put them away." ASKED IF he thought this, year's team was better than his first state championship quintet, the 1965 team, Cox said, "This year's front three was our best ever.

However, we were stronger backcourt in 1965. You know that Kirk Robinson was truly great, as was Chris Hill." The Colts finished the season with a 25-2 record, the second best in their history. CBA won its last 14 games after losing to Neptune for the second time. Essex Catholic, the North Jersey Parochial A champion, Rangers Fall To Toronto; Bruins Win TORONTO UP) The Toronto Maple Leafs made a three-goal lead stand up and defeated New York 3-1 before a crowd of 16,485 in the National Hockey League Saturday night, posting their first home victory against the Rangers in six contests this season. BOSTON UP) The Boston Bruins clinched the National Hockey League's East Division championship and their first Prince of Wales Trophy in 30 years last night, defeating the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-3, as Bobby Orr led the way with a goal and two assists.

Nets Beaten By Squires NORFOLK, Va. UP) Charlie Scott and Ray Scott scored 28 points each last night as the Virginia Squires led virtually all the way in a 135-125 American Basketball Association victory over the New York Nets. The Squires, who clinched the East Division regular-season title Friday night, won their fourth straight game. Virginia won the season series 6-5 over New York, which got a game-high 31 points from Rick Barry and 23 from Ollie Taylor SALT LAKE CITY, Utah ffl Ail-American Sidney Wicks hit four free throws in the final 25 seconds to Rive top-ranked UCLA a 57-55 victory over Long Beach State in the NCAA Western Regional basketball tournament. Paul Schiedegger hit two free throws with 14 seconds left to give Pacific an 84-81 victory over Brigham Young In the consolation.

The Bruins trailed by as many as 11 points in the sec-nod half but finally caught and passed tenacious Long Beach 53-52 on Curtis Rowe's two free throws with 5:18 to go. But Long Beach's Dwight Rodriguez Loses, 224 PRINCETON John Rodriguez of Manasquan High School, the area's lone finalist In the N.J. State Interscho-lastic Athletic Association wrestling tournament, dropped a 22-4 decision to Rick Thompson of Phillipsburg at 98 pounds yesterday at Jadwin Gym. Thompson was a state champion in 1969. Mike Florio of Middlctown Township decisioned William Perez of Colonia, 6-0, in the 148 pound consolation.

Tom Hcrchakowski of Christ-Ian Brothers Academy lost, 8-5, to Joe Piro of Phillipsburg in the 136-pound ova is a tough team to come back at." A crowd of 10,800 saw Villanova avenge a 78-70 loss to third ranked Penn during the regular season. The Wildcats threw up a tight zone defense and hit with amazing accuracy as they turned the game into a quick rout. They led 41-16 late in the first half and were ahead 43-22 at intermission. Villanova hit on 37 of 60 shots for 61.7 per cent. In contrast, Penn had a shooting percentage of only 29.9, connecting on 20 of 67.

Penn, which had won 28 in a row, scored only two field goals in the first eight and a half minutes. The scoring drought continued early in the second half as Penn missed seven consecutive shots while Vlilanova was hitting on almost every attempt, rolling up a 59-22 lead. Villanova jumped off to a 9-1 lead in the opening minutes and was ahead 23-8 after 10 minutes. Penn, winner over South Carolina 79-64 in the opener Thursday night, did not have a player in double figures. Phil Hankinson was high with eight points.

Four players scored in double figures as Fordham unleashed a whirlwind rally to overwhelm South Carolina, Atlantic Coast Conference u3 Villanova Coach Jack Kraft wears big smile and bigger cigar after beating Penn, 90-47, tn NCAA Eastern Regional final (AP) champions. Charley Yelverton scored 25 points, John Burik 23. Bill Mainor 23, and Kenneth Charles 22. Fordham, beaten by Villanova 85-75 Thursday night, trailed South Carolina 48-42 at the half. The Rams tied tiie Tom Riker turned in a brilliant performance for South Carolina, scoring 39 points, 23 of them in the first half.

South Carolina, scoring 39 points, 23 the opener Thursday night. Lyons' jump shot with four seconds left rimmed the basket and Tennessee pulled down the rebound. Jimmy England scored 24 points to lead the Vels, the Southeastern Conference runner-up, now 2H. Greg Cluess had 24 for St. John's, 18-9.

Duke, 19, rubbed out an early seven-point deficit, and with O'Connor scoring 13 points, raced Into a 33-32 lead at intermission. Dayton, with George Jackson scoring live points and Ken May four In a 159 spurt, pulled even at 47 with It minutes left. But Rick Katherman. Larry Saunders and O'Connor fired in three quick field goals and Dayton, 18-9, never caught up again. Gordie Calun led Dayton with 12 points.

Larranaga threw In 13 points, leading lYovklence to a comfortable 35-24 margin at halftlme. Then Louisville mado its bid with a 20 9 burst, lead bv Ron Thomas' ssi points. The Cardinals trimmed tnc margin to 45-44. but never could catch the Friars. Larranaga would up with 22 points and Johnny DlGregorio 20 as Providence rmt Us record to 20-7.

Henry Bacon had 16 for Louisville, 20 9. North Carolina, one of th tournament favorites, to a 4129 half tlme lead behind ChatmVrlaln' 10 points, See MT l'ujf St. John's Falls In Overtime Scrap Taylor matched that 14 seconds later. Each team only tried one shot until Wicks was fouled. Bernard Williams tried a layup for Long Beach at 3:44 but Larry Farmer blocked it and UCLA took the ball.

Henry Bibby attempted a 35-foot jump shot for UCLA that rimmed the basket and spun out but the Bruins regained possession at about the minute mark. UCLA then held the ball with Bibby and Wicks each passing the ball to one another until Wicks was fouled by Dwight Taylor while spinning around to pass. Long Beach's George Trapp then tried a jump shot but missed and Wicks grabbed the rebound and was fouled with four seconds left. He made both to ice the victory. Trapp scored an uncontested basket at the buzzer.

Long Beach stayed in its 2-3 zone with the entire game, forcing UCLA to shoot from outside much of the time. The Bruins trailed at half time 31-27 after hitting just 22.9 per cent from the field in the first half. Bibby Finally warmed up on the second half and scored 10 points. Wicks wound up with 18 points tied with Long Beach's Ed Ratliff for. game honors.

But the 6-foot-8 All American committed his fourth foul at 17:23 of the second half and sat out much of the period. With Ratliff leading a Long Beach fast break, the 49ers LEW ALCINDOR scoring this season, averaging more than 31 points a game as he shot the Bucks to the Midwest Division title. However, the Bucks not only won their division, they dominated almost every team with 60 victories, only two short of tho NBA record for a season. They did break the record for consecutive triumphs with 20 in a row. Alcindor hit 58 per cent of his field shots as lie helped the Bucks become the first team in NBA history to shoot better titan .500 from the field during a season.

He also grabbed more than 16 rebounds a game. surged to a 44-33 lead with 14:40 left to play, then Bibby made two straight steals and scored on layups to lead UCLA to a nine-point spurt. The Bruins would have caught up sooner but Rowe missed four straight foul shots during the spurt. Bibby Ties It Bob Lynn and Ratliff pushed the 49ers to a 49-42 lead but Bibby scored from outside and Rowe muscled in a pari of baskets to get UCLA within 49-48. Bibby finally tied the score on a 30-foot jumper with 6:08 left.

UCLA committed 17 turnovers in the game and shot just 29 per cent but won by making 21 of 31 free throws to 13 of 21 for Long Beach. The victory, 13th straight for UCLA, sends them to Houston Thursday night in a semifinal game against Kansas, a 73-71 victory over Drake UCLA' will be going for its fifth straight national title. Long Beach State, ranked 14th, shot 41.2 per cent from the field for the game. The Pacific. Coast Athletic Association champions closed out their season with a 24-5 record.

The loss snapped a 17-game winning string. UCLA is 27-1. In the consolation game, Paul Schiedegger hit two free throws with 14 seconds left to. give Pacific an 84-81 victory over Brigham Young. Pacific, which finished the season at 22-6, led 82-81 when Scheidegger hit his clutch free throws to give the Tigers a point-point lead.

BYU missed on three shots in the final seconds. Scheidegger, a 6-6 senior, also sank two free throws a minute earlier with Pacific leading 80-79. Pacific scored eight straight points early in the first half to erase a 14-9 deficit and the Tigers were never headed again. But Jay Bunker, a 6-8 sophomore center, entered the' game for BYU midway in the second hclf and led a Cougar rally that almost caught Pacific, which lost Thursday night's semifinal game to Long Beach State 78-65 after blowing a 15-point lead. This time, however, Pacific managed a successful stall the final four minutes and when BYU was forced to foul, Scheidegger made the shots.

Pacific's John Glanelll scored 24 points, high for the game, and grabbed 13 rebounds before fouling out with 3:31 left. Bernie Fryer led BYU with 17. Glover Sparks West Kentucky ATHENS, Ga. (AP)-Clar-ence Glover hauled down three rebounds and tallied four points in the final minutes of overtime Saturdny as Western Kentucky scored an 81-78 comeback victory over Ohio State for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Mid-East basketball championship. Glover, licro of Western's comeback triumph over Jacksonville last Saturday, put tho Hilltoppers ahead 77-78 on a See WICKS Page 1)2 Alcinclor Earns NBA MVP Title RALEIGH, N.C.

(AP) is the biggest victory I've ever had," Villanova Coach Jack Kraft said after his team routed Penn 90-47 Saturday for the NCAA Eastern Regional Basketball title. Fordham came from behind to upset South Carolina 100-90 to win third place. "I don't think we made a mistake the first half," Kraft said. "If we did, I'll excuse that individual. I can't tell you in words how I feel.

I'm that happy." Kraft said his team had played terrific in spurts this season, but never as good for 40 minutes as it did against Penn. He added, "This is a fine bunch of ysungsters." Howard Porter, who was voted the outstanding player of the tournament, led Villanova with 35 points. He said, "We'll probably be underdogs at Houston but we were underdogs against Fordham and Penn." Villanova beat Fordham 85-75 in the semifinals Thursday night. Penn Coach Dick Hartcr said "We did nothing right. I don't think VUlanova's execution was that good in the first eight or nine minutes, but we did nothing right ourselves.

We got behind and had to change our game plan. Villan- McCurdy Captures 4 Gym Titles TRENTON Bill McCurdy, Henry Hudson Regional High School, for the third time successfully defended his individual championships in the N.J. State Interscholastic Athletic Association gymnastic finals yesterday at Trenton Stale College. McCurdy, who won the parallel bars, still rings and side horse events, edged Blane Nasveschuk of Cherry Hill West, for the All Around crown by a 53 to 51.1 score. Nasvechuk defended two of his Southern Section titles by winning the horizontal bar and long horse.

The Cherry Hill star also captured the tumbling event. Angie Robinson of Henry Hudson finished second in tumbling, and McCurdy had a third in tumbling and second on the horizontal bar. It was the second All-Around title within a week for tlte McCurdy family. Bill's brother, Rick, won the Big 10 championship representing the University of Michigan. The three divisions.

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(HH) s. NEW YORK LP) Reserve Greg Hawkins bailed out Tennessee with a jumper with two seconds left itf' regulation play, the fired in four free theows in overtime, leading the Volunteers to a 84-83 victory over St. John's, N.Y, in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament last night. LaSalle met Georgia Tech in the second game of the doubleheader at Mjutison Square Garden. Earlier in the day, Bill Chamberlain scored 24 points as North Carolina battered Massachusettes 90-49, Providence trimmed Louisville 64-58 behind Jim Larranaga's 22 points and Duke burned Dayton 6360 as Richie O'Connor jammed in 20 points.

North Carolina thus won a quarter-final berth against Providence and Tennessee ith Duke Monday night. St. John's appeared to have the game won, leading 74-72 when Hawkins, subbing for starter Don Johnson who fouled out, raced the length of the court and tlirew in his 15-foot jumper to send the game into overtime. Tennessee's well-disciplined club lost no time in the overtime period, reeling off sis straight points with Hawkins' four foul shots the key. But it was not over With Tennessee holding an 84 78 edge and barely a minute left, the New Yorkers scored five straight points to pull within a point.

Richie NEW YORK W-Lew Alcin-tlor, the 7-foot-2 superstar who turned Milwaukee's expansion team from a last-place club into a division winner in two years, was named Saturday the Most Valuable Player in the National Basketball Association this season. Alcindor won tiie award by the biggest margin since the honor was established in 1956 as he gathered 133 first-place votes, 10 seconds and three thirds for 698 points, Jerry West of Los Angeles was the distant runner-up for the second consecutive year and third time in his curecr with 166 points on four top votes, 34 seconds and 44 thirds. Dave Niug of Detroit was third with 119 points; Willis Reed of New York, last year's winner, was fourth with 109, and Oscur Robertson, Atcin-dor's teammate on the Bucks, fifth with C3. Others in the first 10 in the balloting were John Havllcck of Boston, Bob Love of Chicago Nate Thurmond of San Francisco, Billy Cunningham of Philadelphia and Gus John-non of Baltimore The points were tabulated on tho basis of live for first place, three for second and one for third In tho balloting by NBA players. Alcindor, the No.

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