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ndns Tighten Dyiwsfcy Grip Wii 4A Stank BJCAA ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL lr. i i nrsAt A ir 7 Sunday, March 22, 1970 TMe the nation's top rebounding team during the past season. The Dolphins took only two foul shots in the first half with UCLA converted 13 of 19, adding four points in bonus situations. UCLA. BRINGING ITS season record to 28-2, has won 24 games in NCAA Tournament competition and roDed up an mcredible record of 116-4 for the past four seasons.

Wooden has posted 23 straight winning seasons with the Pacific- champions. Jacksonville, an independent, had a 14-game winning streak snapped and lost only its second decision in 29 games. The Dolphins won their last three playoff games by six and eight points as they tried to become the ninth team in history to go all the way on its first tournament attempt JACUONVnXK f-a fi-a rrt af tm Ml I I I 3 1-11-1111 HI 4 11 It 44 I tin 11 1 I It I 1 14 1 1 4 14 14 I I I t-1 1-1. 1 I I i t-m rt 4t a It- ft- NMt If 1 11 I 1 4 It mm (Dinar Nalaaa Dublin Mrlatrra lawkiaa Warn Totals nu kawa ruiniN Nria Vlllr Mkfct HI 1-4 11 it 1 It II 1 1 I 17 1 1 I H4 1-1 7 111 44 14 44 11 4 t-1 t-1 4 41 Beta Krfcar Rrtrklty Oaamaa BUI Irira Tatal MUSH a jacmonvuui n-m I I A 41 fi4 aareaatafra: Jarkiaartlla 7. fir kali.

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35, of UCLA, who is 6-8 outjumps 7-2 Artis Gilmore, No. 53, of Jacksonville, for the ball during the first half of the championship game of the NCAA finals at College Park, Md. UCLA beat Jacksonville for its fourth straight title, 80-69. Looking on for UCLA are Curtis Rowe, No. 30, and Steve Patterson, No.

32. (UPI Telephoto) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -UCLA outrebounded Jackson-ville, the nation's tallest team, scored an 80-C9 victory and won its fourth consecutive NCAA basketball championship Saturday. On the short end of the height, after their own 7-2 Lew Alcindor dominated the game the past three seasons, the Bruins muscled the Dolphins off the boards after Coach John Wooden made some adjustments. Wooden's original plan was to keep the ball away from 7-2 Art is Gilmore by attacking the passers.

But Gilmore pumped is 14 points, many on high asses by Rex Morgan, and acksonville's Cinderella team jumped ahead 22-13. t'CLA THEN SWITCHED tactics, moving 6-8 Sidnev Wicks to Gilmore's rear with Steve Patterson dropping back off his man to help out. For the next 16 minutes, extending 11 minutes into the second half, Gilmore didn't get field goal Five of his hots were blocked by Wicks, end Jacksonville's center missed his first five shots early in the second half while being constantly harassed. "Defense was the key," Wooden said. "We weren't playing Gilmore riRht and we had to make adjustments.

Wicks did an excellent job." Wicks, named the tourney's outstanding player, combined with Curtis Rowe and Patterson to grab 37 rebounds. Gilmore had 16 ret(unds only six after intermission end 7-foot Burrows By BEN MOITETT Executive Sports Editor COLLEGE PARK, Md. New Mexico State completed the most successful of its four amazing basketball seasons under Coach Lou Henson by defeating St. Bonaventure 79-73 for third place In the NCAA basketball championships Saturday afternoon. But Henson had to call on tomorrow's muscle bis bench-to pull out the victory.

Reserve 6-5 forwards Roy Neal and Chito Reyes provided the spark which shot the Aggies to victory after St Bonaventure cut an eight point NMS lead to one early in the second half. FIVE TIMES THE Bonnie cut the Aggie lead to one in the second half. On four of thoe occasions Neal either hit free throws or field goals to shoot the Aggie up by three again. Finallv Neal got his 10th point of "the half (out of is the Ags had scored to that point) to put NMS ahead 51-47 and the Bonnies began to sink. Jimmy Collins added a bucket aid Reyes hit three, pointer to make it 56-M.

The Bonnies could never come back. "We didn't play inspired ball, but played good enough to win," said Henm. "Neal went in and did a good Job. He got two or three buckets hen we really needed them. That kind of got us rolling again." NEAL, A REPLACEMENT A Sonnies for Third ggies until nine minutes remained.

Jacksonville, in the NCAA playoffs for the first time, upset top-ranked Kentucky in the Mid-east Regionals and beat third-ranked but crippled SL Bonaventure to reach the final THE UNDERDOG DOLPHINS made a game of it for the first half before 14,380 fans in the University of Maryland's Cole Field House and led 22-13 before the Bruins rallied behind guard John Vallely. After scoring 14 points in the first half, Gilmore missed his first five shots in the second half and had another blocked by Wicks. Wicks and Patterson, meantime, helped UCLA open a 50-40 lead. The Bruins were safely ahead 76-60 when Coach of the Year John Wooden began benching his regulars. TournamentArise UCLA, with only one starter who hadn't played in the championships before, appeared to be more nervous at the outset Lanier Injured his leg In the Eastern Regionals.

Lacey had 19 of those boards to go with his 18 points. John Burgess pulled In nine and Neal and little 5-8 Criss each bad seven. ST. BONAVENTURE LED only twke at 3-0 and 74. A Jumper by Lacey with 13:11 to go la the first half put NMSU ahead for good 15-13.

The Ags increased the margin to eight only to see it cut back to two with 1:11 left In the half. Then Lacey tipped one in and a steal and layin by Criss made It 3640 at the midway mark. Overall the Aggie shooting was poor (33 of 77 for 42.9 per cent) from the field with the first half percentage at 35.9. St. Bonaventure hit 43 7.

The win capped Henson'i most successful season since he returned to his alma mater as head coach four seasons ago. In his first season he inherited a 4-22 team and took It into the NCAA regionals. He has been in that tournament every year since. HENSON SAID HIS team, which finished at 274 for the best record in the school's history, lived op to his expectations this year. The Aggies finished about where they were expected to in preseason wtreservice polls.

A mood of subdued satisfaction prevailed in the Aggie dressing room after the third place victory. "It felt better today," said Collins, who was disgusted with his play in the semifinal loss to Sticks Have Been Very IQnd To New Mexico's Buster Qiist ViTien Buster Quist was a child, his favorite game was, no doubt, pickup-sticks. He's still picking them up. At the University of New Mexico Buster was so proficient with the javelin stick that he won that event in the 1959 Pan-American games and waa twice runnerup in the NCAA High Inside E-l than upstart Jacksonville. The Bruins missed their first three foul shots and Wicks was charged with Illegally dunking a field goal a rule installed because of Alcindor's prowess around the hoop.

VALLELY. THE ONLY senior on the UCLA squad a fact implying more trouble In the future scored 15 points and handed off five assists in the first half. Trailing 36-32, the Bruins ran off a nine-point string in the last three minutes of the first half to go on top 41-36. Vallely scored the first three points of the string and then assisted Henry Bibby and Patterson on a 1 1 a baskets. Playmaker Rex Morgan of Jacksonville handed off 11 assists most of them high passes underneath to Gilmore but scored only 10 points before fouling out.

UCLA hauled down 55 rebounds to 40 for Jacksonville, UCLA. Neal was pleased with his game but felt he has played better in others this season. HENSON SAID THE team didn't play as well here in either game as it had against Drake and Rice in earlier tournament stepping stones. "I'd say we played 10 or 12 games better than we played today," Henson said. "I ex-pect St.

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f. lMm. With Journal Sports Editor ROY BEARMAN managed just six. Burrows was benched by Coach Joe Williams for 16 minutes. Wooden used only five players until two minutes remained and the Bruins were ahead 76-62.

Wooden, who has coached UCLA to six NCAA titles in the past seven years, said he may be able to keep bis winning watch this season after giving away the others to members of his family. WICKS GRABBED II rebounds to 16 for Gilmore and scored 17 points to Gilmore's 19. Curtis Rowe, 64 forward, had 19 points and eight rebounds for the second-ranked Bruins while Steve Patterson scored 17 while hauling down 11 errant shots. Meanwhile, 7-0 Pembrook Burrows III snared only six rebounds for Jacksonville, and the two Dolphin giants managed just nine points in the second half. Neither had a field goal in the second half for foul-plagued 64 Jeff Smith, had 12 points aO in the second half and five fielders In seven attempts.

Reyes, who played but 22 minutes, was four for seven from the field and had 10 points. But NMSU starters weren't up to par with their shooting. Charley Criss put the ball up 16 times and connected on only four. Collins fired 22 times, hitting nine. Lacey was seven for 17 and Smith two for five.

"My arm as twisting when I shot," said Criss. "I don't know what was the matter with it." New Mexico Slate massacred the Bonnies, minus their fill All America center Bob Lanier, 57 34 on the boards. WicksMVP; Collins All-Tourney Pick COLLEGE PARK. Md. ITI) Three members of UCLA's championship team were named Saturday to the NCAA all-tournament squad and Sidney Wkts of the Bruins was voted the outstanding player.

Joining Wicks on the all-star team selected by the writers were Wicks' teammates John Vallely and Curtis Rowe, Artis Gilmore of second-place Jacksonville and Jimmy Collins of New Mexico State. It was announced that Matt Cantt of St. Bonaventure missed the team by two votes. Double Winner big Southwest Section PGA meeting here. That means 50 to 60 of the top professional golfers in Arizona, New Mexico and El Paso will be in town for the pro-am.

The pros will be shooting for a $2000 cash payoff which will be spread over nine places. A 1970 automobile will be an added prize for a hole-in-one on designated holes. The pro-am division will be four-man best-ball with full handicaps counting for a total of $2500 in money or prizes. Teams will be switched each day with 10 team payoffs each day. Quist is inviting 30 of the area's top scratch (four-handicap and under) amateurs to compete for $500 in prizes divided over nine places.

There will be $600 in prizes for the top five places in a scratch best-ball division for pro and scratch amateur teams. The rest of the purse will be split among the three top Insurance executives participating in the tournament. That's a pretty ambitious go for a young fellow who didn't pick up a golf club until he had been out of college for five years. Most men give up golf because of frustration. But the Quist twist had it the other way around.

Buster took up the game because of frustration. His last fling with the Javelin came in 1964 at the National AAU Track and Field Championships. He had been throwing well prior to the meet and a third place or better finish meant a berth on the U.S. Olympic team and a trip to the Tokyo Games. He didn't make it "As my wife says, I had to turn to something else." Buster now plays to a four-handicap, but after shooting a 74 in the pro-am division of the Tucson Open a PGA tour stop he feels he can become a par golfer by this summer.

A number of people have been discussing the possibilities of Albuquerque becoming the site of a tour satellite tournament once the PGA sets up such. The Buster Quist Invitational is one of the fastest growing tourneys this state has ever seen and its current format is no more than a two-putt away from being upgraded to satellite stature. championships. He is still the third best javelin man In UNM history and owns the school's sixth best throw though 1959 was his last year of collegiate competition. He was also known to stick a few people as a Lobo football end.

As a four-sport letterman at Albuquerque High, Buster used ski sticks to twice get invited to the national junior championships. He was also proficient in baseball, but more so as a pitcher than a stick -man. Now it is golf sticks which occupy the time and enthusiasm of Buster Quist. So enthusiastic is Buster Quist about the game of golf that he has almost tripled the prize money in his own pro-am golf tournament The first Buster Quist Invitational Pro-Am had purses totaling $2500. The second will be worth $6000 to the select field of invitees.

That makes it the richest pro-am ever held in the state of New Mexico, as well as the richest 36-hoIe event the Land of Enchantment has ever witnessed. There have been richer event. The New Mexico Open had purses totaling $10,000 last year (a figure Quist figures he will equal if his auxiliary expenses were added to his prize money). And the San Juan Open in Farmlngton and the Hilton Open in Socorro have also had larger booty bags. But those are 54-hole tournaments, all Buster's second bash will be held May 13-14.

It will open on a Wednesday at Arroyo del Oso Municipal Course and conclude the next day at Paradise Hills Country Club. This year's tournament is being held in conjunction with the Lobos Score 9 1 54 Track Win nWord 1 urn On Lanier's Fad i .1 jv i', New Mexico took an easy 91-54 track and field meet victory over Colorado on a chilly and windy Saturday afternoon, powered by double victories from weightman Ervin Jaros, distance runner Chuck Schuch and horizontal Jumper Chuck Steffes. Jaros had one of the more notable performances of the day with a discus heave of 184-1 which ties for the third all-time best throw in Lobo history. He won the shot put with a 55-1 beave. Another notable performance came from UNM high hurdler Roosevelt Williams, who broke the 14-second barrier with a wind-aided :13.8 effort.

The wind waa Just slightly over the allowable figure as Williams was out by himself In the event, winning by more than a full second. Lobo Chuck Steffes got off bis second 52-OVi triple Jump though Saturday's effort was a wind-aided one. Swedish javelin thrower Ulf Johansson got off another fine throw for UNM, winning with a 2404) effort. Shuch won the mile in 4 16.4 and then came back with a meet record win in the two- aMjraajJkjajayk I yN i i I A aaaaaaaaaaainiiT tTiTTftmihmal' -air itrr faaaat I '-4 af I Chuck Schuch i'rt-V tit BUFFALO, N.Y. U) All-American Bob Lanier would neither confirm nor deny Saturday a report that he plans to sign a contract to play professionally with the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Assn.

"You can say anything you want," Lanier said when asked in his hospital room about a story in The Buffalo News that Detroit General Manager Ed Coil had told newsmen in College Park, he would sign Monday. The story, by Cy Kritzer from College Park, site of the NCAA final, said Coil told newsmen that the 6-foot-11 St. Bonaventure center would receive a $1.5 million contract from the Pistons. At College Park, Coil denied he had made any such an nouncement on Lanier. Lanier, recovering from surgery that repaired torn right knee ligaments, said "You newspapermen can write anything you want.

I don't want to make the New York Nets mad." The Nets have first rights to Lanier in the American Basketball Assn. draft. The Nets reportedly offered Lanier a $1.2 million contract Lanier said he would not make a statement until Tuesday, but later said it could come a day earlier-when the NBA officially drafts collegiate players and the ABA concludes its selections. He was injured a week ago when the Bonnies beat Villanova in the NCAA Regional. He underwent surgery last Sunday.

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