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The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 16

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The Timesi
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Shreveport, Louisiana
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LewCLA Dynasty Crashes to Floor Of 'Dome; Houston 71-69; Hayes 39 rf lb Stmts thp nationally televised Camt. Sunday, Jan. 21, 1967 Section Page One The Cougars, ranked No. 2 in the nation with a 16-0 mark going into their climactic show down with the ton-ranked their poise, which- never broke in the fae of the famous UCLA press defense. Houston established a 13-12 lead with 13:45 to go in the first half on a basket by George Reynolds.

The Cougars didn't trail again, although tied three times. The last came when Lucious took over with 12 secodns left and ran out the clock. "Isn't that Hayes great?" exulted Houston Coach Guy Lewis. "Almost every game he plays is great." "Houston played a tremendous game," said John Wooden, coach of UCLA. "We'll just have to start over again." It was a sweet revenge for Houston, whose last loss was to UCLA in the semifinals of the Marr Keeps Kaiser Golf Lead; Littler Shoots Six-Under 66 Reynolds, a tricky back court man and suddenly tough defender, finished with 13 points for Houston and Don Chaney had 11.

Warren had 13 and Lynn Shackelford had 10 for UCLA, goal attempts, a 33.6 percentage UCLA hit on only 26 of 77 field as compared with its season average of 50 per cent. Houston was 30 for 66 and 45.5 per cent. UfLA's winnins streak fell 13 Bruins, turned UCLA's own weapons on them a super performance by a super-star and a tenacious defense. Houston, sparked by Hayes' 29 first half points, established a 46-43 margin at intermission By BOB GREEN HOUSTON (AP) Houston's inspired Cougars, led by All-A-merican Elvin Hayes, stunned UCLA 71-69 Saturday night and ended foi-ever the Bruins' myth of invincibility in college basketball A howling, happy crowd of 52,693 in the Astrodome an all-time record saw Hayes, Houston's Big toss in 39 points and help put the defensive clamp on UCLA's Lew Al Allen, high-scorer for the Bruins with 25 points, dropped in two free throws with 44 seconds to on the 18th dropped a 10-footer. mer went to 211 and 217 respec.

tively with scores of 71 and 74 short of the all-time mark of 60 That gave the 1965 PGA tour-! national championship in Louis set by the University of San ville, last March 73-58. Johnny Pott, winner of the Crosby tournament last Sunday, had cindor. If the Bruins had an excuse, it Francisco 12 years ago. The same started in charac nament champion his two-stroke lead going into the final 18 holes Sunday as the pros battle for a $25,000 first prize. Appropriately enough, it was and spent the second half fighting off challenge after challenge by the cold-shooting Bruins.

When it was over, the delirious Houston fans and cheerleaders stormed onto the court, hoisted their heroes to their shoulders and began a rhythmic chant, "We're No. 1, we're No. 1." If they are, they can thank was poor shooting and a sub-par Alcindor. The giant center teristic fashion for the Bruins. go.

The Cougars brought the ball down court and when Hayes was fouled by Jim Nielson, they went ahead for good. UCLA had one more chance, but blew it on an uncharacteristic mix up in signals on which the Bruins' Mike Warren tipped the ball out of bounds. Houston Hayes' two free 'throws with 28 seconds left that broke a 69-69 They spotted Houston a 5-1 lead a 74 and 215. Marr held a one-stroke lead over Zarley and Archer going into Saturday. He parred the first three holes and then carded four birdies on his next five tie and snapped UCLA's 47- Littler carded six birdies and then appeared like tney were 201112 to run off and hide.

missed UCLA's last two games with an eye injury and was obviously off form. He finished with 15 points, but had only four field goals in 18 attempts. without going over par once. game winning streak, second longest of alltime. They forced Houston into four Deadlocked at 208, four consecutive back court errors and eastablished an 8-5 lead.

Hayes and 6-9 Cougar center strokes off the pace, were Ker-mit Zarley and Jacky Cupit, who fired 70 and 68 respectively Rut the Cou2ars refused to holes. He dropped putts of three, five and five feet at the fourth, fifth and sixth holes, and then sank a 12-footer at the eighth. wilt, however, and, trailing! 12- Saturday. 11, put on a 16-6 scoring burst Ken Spain took turns giving big Lew the miseries. Hayes blocked three of Alcindors1 shots, twice stole the ball from him and Spain teased him into Billy Casper and Arnold Pal- for a 27-18 lead and never At the 14th, he three-putted to By JACK STEVENSON NAPA, Calif.

(AP) Methodical Dave Marr, returning to his form of 1965, fired a five-under oar 67 Saturday to maintain his lead after three rounds in the S125.000 Kaiser International Open Golf Tournament with a 54-hole score of 204; 'That put the New Yorker two strokes ahead of San Francisco's George Archer and three in front of rallying Gene Littler of San Diego, who scored a six-un-der-par 66 for 207. Archer fired a 68 on his third round. The 34-year-old Marr, who says he played terribly in 1967, went over par on only one hole Saturday as, he fired six birdies to put his tally at 68-69-67 for three days of play over the par 36-3672 Silverado Country Club's new north course measuring 6,849 yards. Marr and the 6-foot-6 Archer dueled in the same threesome on the warm, sunny day and at one point the Californian had shaved Marr's lead to a. single stroke.

Then Marr dropped a 25-foot putt at the 16th hole and lose a stroke to Archer but then an unusual and foul. came back with two fine putts Kaiser Cards for his final two birdies Hayes was magnificent. He finished with 17 field goals in 25 "Putting was the best part of NAPA, Calif. (AP) Leaders after imv aamo" Hpnlarorl Marr trailed again. Reynolds scored six of those points and Hayes the rest, the last two on a long jumper over the reaching hand of Alcindor.

UCLA finally acught up at 54-54, but Reynolds broke it with a free throw. The Bruins tied it again at 65-65, but Hayes snapped it with a jumper. attempts, 15 rebounds and blocked four shots, although three rounds in the $125,000 Kaiser Inter- V. national Golf Tournament: made a lot Of gOOd iron StlOtS playing the last 11 minutes with Dave Marr i but putting Was the best." four fouls. George Archer 70-68-68206 i Archer didn't have a bogey on Alcindor had 12 rebounds in Gene1 Littler 71-70-46-207 a round that included four bird- Jacky Cupit 69-71-68-208 ie PllttS.

oert treene 69-7 -7 Lee Trevino of Horizon City, Following Game Plan carded a 66 to move into Kermit Zarley 71-67-70208 Billy Casper 75-65-71211 Lee Trevino 76-69-66211 contention along with Bert Bert ereen 69-71-71211 Howie Johnson 71 Greene of Jacksonville, who carded a 71. Both are at John Schlee 72-69-71212 Ray Floud 71-71-70-212 Dick Crawford 71-71-70215 Led to Houston Win 211. Don January 69-71-73213 Jack Montgomery 72-70-72213 Tom Weiskopf 73-79-71213 Charles Sifford 70-73-70213 Billy Maxwell 71-72-70213 HOUSTON (AP) Houston Coach Guy Lewis said rigid following of their same plan enabled the Cougars Al Geiberger 72-69-72-213 Bruce Crampton 71-70-72213 Ken Still 71-72-70213 Miller Barber 73-72-68213 to upset previously unbeaten and top-ranked UCLA Jack Montgomery 72-70-71213 71-69 Saturday night. Olympics Noting the Cultural Gators Spill Ith-Ranked Tennessee RICK RnoadS 75-69-70214 Bob Goalby 72-74-68214 Lou Graham 74-69-71214 Elvin Hayes and Ken Spain "Our plan was to bottle up Al were the chief defensive archi cindor and shut off his passing Terry Wilcox 71-72-71214 Charles Coddy 73-73-68-214 tects on the struggling Alcindor. anes to Lynn and Shackelford, Rod Funseth 73-69-72-214 Doug Sanders 71-70-73214 Lewis said.

"It has to be the greatest "That's what we did and Bobby Nichols 73-70-71214 Billy Farrell 74-71-69--214 Babe Hiskey 70-74-70214 Eldridge Miles 76-68-60214 thrill in my life," said "I was scared to death all the that's what won it." Wes Ellis 70-74-70-214 Dave Hill 73-72-70215 In the stunned silence of the MEXICO CITY, (AP) Mex Johnny Pott 47-68-73215 UCLA dressing room, Lew Alcindor, the 7-foot-l center for GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -Florida's Gators maintained their role of basketball spoilers Saturday by upsetting fourth-renked Tennessee 59-46. t-rank wnarton 74-69-72215 Tony Jacklin 71-75-70-216 Tom Aaron 72-73-71216 Ted Makalena 69-73-74216 ico has raised a glass curtain to open a 1968 Olympic year dedicated to world peace and a true the Bruins, said only: "We lost to a better team." UCLA Coach John Wooden time. In the last 12 seconds, I told them to get it to Hayes. "It was the best game I ever played," said Hayes played a great game.

But he just had a bad night and we had a good one." Wooden said he conferred with Alcindor at every time out about his condition and whether his injured eye was bothering return to the original spirit of Junior Neil Walk led the Ga emphasized the Bruins poor tor win with 28 points equal Olympic emphasis on cut ture and athletics. shooting, only 33.6 per cent. Bruce Devlin 76-71-69216 Don Massengael 72-74-70217 Dave Stockton 74-73-70-217 Bob Murphy 71-75-71217 Jack Fleck 74-73-70-217 Arnold Palmer 70-73-74217 Tom Nieporte 72-72-73217 Terry Dill 73-70-74-217 Jim Ferrter 75-70-73-218 Bill Collins 76-68-74-218 George Knudson 72-72-74218 Ron Cerrudo 76-68-74218 "I thought that the conditions the lights, the pressure and The 6-foot-ll center also had 19 rebounds. The Vols, 102, tied the score 23-23 in the first half ine tamous glass curtain in the crowd would make for poor the Palace of Fine Arts went up Saturday night on the first of and again in the second period shooting, but they shot well and 145 cultural expositions which at 35-35. him.

"He kept saying he was all right and wanted to stay in," there's no reason we shouldn't Then Walk and the Gators are a year-long addition to the have." athletic competition this Octo opened up a 10-point lead with Wooden said. Perhaps I snouid Lewis said he devised his plan Rich Martinez 73-74-71-218 Bob Erlckson 72-75-72-219 Frank Boynton 72-74-73219 Bert Yancey 75-72-72-219 Doug Ford 75-72-72-219 Jim Weichers 69-77-73219 John Cook 74-71-74-219 Lee Elder 72-71-75-219 ber. over two minutes left on the have taken him out. If I should clock. Florida froze the ball, have, it's my fault." The Olympic Committee joined -awing a flurry of foul shots to Surprisingly, no one in the 2,000 of Mexico most impor after the Cougars lost to UCLA 73-58 in the NCAA College Basketball semifinals last March in Louisville.

"Lynn Shackelford and Mike Lynn killed us from the corners Ken Venturl 76-71-73-220 Rex Baxter 68-76-76220 Steve Spray 71-76-73-220 tant personages and a nationwide television audience to Houston dressing room said anything about No. 1 except a move even further ahead. Saturday's game was the third time the Gators, 9-6, have trounced a nationally ranked Gary Loustalot 74-70-76-220 reporter who asKea me ques Stan inirsK n-it-iTi aMikeBonallack 76-71-75221 watch interpretations of folk dances from Greece, Mali and Mexico as the Ballet of Five Edgar Lacey (54) UCLA forward, watches the mid-air action. (AP tion: "Whos No. 1 now?" Mo in last year game, he said.

"We knew we had to stop Alcin George Bayer 72-74-76-222 Pete Brown 71-74-76222 team. Florida beat Vanderbilt LEW ALCINDOR (33), UCLA's big center, takes a rebound as University of Houston's Elvin Hayes (44), forward, makes a leaping attempt to get the ball. players answered. "We hope we are," said steve fichstaedt 72-73-78-223 Continents opened the cultural dor and we had to, stop his feeds in December and downed Ken tticky last week. FriS; 72.79-226 'segment of the Olympic show to the corner men.

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