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Markets Comics Tucson Bails QLiliztn Sports SECOON I A A 25, 1977 New heroes emerge as Cats stay close By BRUCE JOHNSTON Citizen Sportswriter Gary Harrison is not uplight about the Western Athletic Conference basketball race. The University of Arizona playmaker just doesn't seem to be worried, either about UA (9-3 in conference) winning its last two WAC games or about league-leading Utah (9-2) losing any of its last three games. Showing just how loose he was, Harrison scored a 27 points in pacing the Wildcats (20-4 overall) past hot- shooting Colorado Stale (4-7) last night at McKale Center, 91-86. "It was not a tight game at all, not uptight the way you might expect with the way the WAC race is. Everybody was playing loose.

I guess it might have been the loosest we've played all year," he said. "Everybody got their share. I guess that's the way it should have been all along." Well-above-average efforts from Harrison, Len Gordy (with 16 points on eight-of-11 shooting) and Tim Marshall (10 points in a reserve role) came precisely at the right time for the Wildcats. They were playing without the school's WAC Standings Utah Arizona New Mexico Wyoming Colorado Stale Texas-El Paso Arizona Slate Brigham Young 9 9 7 6 4 3 4 2 2 3 3 5 7 7 8 9 20 18 15 11 11 12 10 1 5 4 9 1) 11 13 14 career-leading scorer, Bob Elliott, who was out of the lineup (but in uniform) because of a knee injury he aggravated in last week's loss to Utah. For the most part, the Cats got along well without him.

They did fall behind by as much as seven points in the first half, but they rallied to lead by two points at intermission. Harrison at that point had 17 points, having outgunned CSU forward Alan Cunningham by one. Cunningham, the WAC's leading scorer, was not stopped, or even slowed by severe foul trouble. He hit 17 of 25 shots, 35 points overall. Between the dazzling play of Cunningham and an assortment of hot-shooting Wildcats (who combined for 60 per cent shooting in the second half), the final 30 minutes was as crowd-pleasing as has been seen at McKale this season.

Now Hie Wildcats will sit back tonight and see if Texas-El Paso, winless in its new gym, can knock off Utah. Then the Cats will play Wyoming tomorrow at 2 p.m. in a regionally televised game (Channel -1 in Tucson) at McKale. The Cowboys were all but eliminated from WAC contention as they were trounced, 107-93, by Arizona State in Tempe last night. Utah will take on New Mexico (7-3) tomorrow night in Albuquerque in a game pivotal to the own title hopes.

"We're going to get help from one of them (UTEP or and I wouldn't be surprised if it was both of them," says the confident Harrison. 'Were the Wildcats thinking about not Pos. Player F--Delbert MacDonald F--Ken Vecchio C--Doug Bosserl G--Jeitie Rice G--Gari Phillies Tomorrow's Lineups Wyoming HI. Avg. 7,8 6.1 6-5 6 9 69 13.5 6 3 7 1 6-3 8,7 Arizona Pos.

Player F--Len Gordv F--Jerome Gladnev C--Phil Taylor G--Herman Harris G--Gary Harrison HI. Ava. 6-5 7.1 68 3.4 68 16.7 65 20.5 6-2 9.5 having team leader Elliott in the lineup? Harrison turned to teammate Phil Taylor and asked him, "Did you think about it?" Taylor shook his head no. Harrison did the same and then said: "We've got a complete team. We've got 12 other players who can play We have Phil.

He's our leading reboundur. It's when you don't get the rebound that you worry and as long as lie stays we'll be all right." UA coach Fred Snowden look a while to find a combination that was clicking and finally got it wilh 6-fool-S center Taylor surrounded by four players under G-5. 11 was a lively crew that seemed to wake up the Cats with aggressive play. But Harrison was the key. He was running the offense smoothly, was taking the initiative i his shooting (10 of 16 from the field and 7 of 7 from the line) and was playing effective defense on Ram sparkplug Fred Anzures.

And the (i-2 senior was making the kind of plays that lit a fire under both the crowd and his teammates. First with a rousing slam dunk off a midcourt steal and then wilh a block of G-9 Ram center Larry Paige's shot. Snowden said that Elliot! could have played some last night, but ho wanted to give him an extra two days of rest if he could. Snow'den started tkS, 225-pound senior Jerome Gladney in his place. "It was a little bit strange having Bob over there helping me coach.

It was like having four assistant coaches," said Snowden with a smile. "1 even had to shut him up at one point." Wildcats 91, Rams 86 Colorado Stale (Ml Cunninntmm Neal Paine Allen Brandon Walker Team rebounds Tolals Arizona (91) Gordy Gladney Taylor Harrison Harris Davis Domic Marshall Team i eboinids Tolsli Ig a 17-25 615 5 4 9 0-0 4070 a 8-11 3 5 3 9 10-16 9 17 1-1 0-1 5 9 3977 11,1 1-1 2.2 1-3 2-5 0-0 00 00 4-11 Ha 00 0-2 2-3 7-7 2-2 2-2 0 1 00 1J17 reb 8 2 7 1 2 1 1 74 reb 7 4 11 3 4 4 3 6 4 -M Pf 1 2 1 2 4 1 15 Pi 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 15 10 13 12 0 8 84 IP 16 6 8 27 20 4 0 10 91 41 .43 64 91 Colorado State Arizona Percentages: FG CSU, 57.1; UA. 5J.2; FT CSU, W.5; UA, 76.5; Turnovers: CSU, 13; UA, 18; Officials -Sylvester and McKcnrirv; A-- 11,175 Oklahoman finds rodeo his sport By CORKY SIMPSON Citizen Sportswriter Back in Norman, if they don't get any bigger than Bobby Berger, about as close as they get to athletics is the University of Oklahoma marching band. Mention Norman's great athletes and you're probably talking about OU football players with dimensions like S-foot-6 and 250 pounds. Well, one of the Boomin'est Sooners around is the 5-foot- 6, 135-pound Berger, who right now is in mighty goqfi position to walk off with two first in the Tucson Las Fiesta de los Vaqueros Rodeo.

Bobby's tremendous score of 80 aboard wild and wooly i a leads the saddle bronc riding event and his equally impressive 72 on a terror called XI1 leads the bull riding event. The little Okie stands to win $7,900 for his bull riding and $6,850 for the saddle bronc feat. And when he finds out what he earned for yesterday's double duty before about 10,000 wind-blown fans, he may have fattened his bank account even more in Houston, Tex. Bobby flew out of Tucson last night to ride in the Houston rodeo. "That '80' is my best of the year," Berger said.

"The Facts, figures Site: Tucson Rodeo Grounds, S. 6th Ave. al Irvington. Events: Daily competition in bareback riding, calf roping, girls' barret race, saddle bronc riding, team roping, steer wrestling and bull riding. Competition follows the grand entry at 2 p.m.

daily- Tickets: Available at El Con shopping center, Park the shopping center at Roger Road and Oracle, the Chamber of Commerce office and through Di'al-A-Ticket. Ticket prices: TOMORROW SUNDAY Reserve grandstand $4.50 for adults and children. Reserve bleacher $3.25 adults, $1.75 children. Quotes 9 notes By Naaman Nickell, Assisiam sports ediior LaVell Edwards, Brigham Young football coach, has been in Hawaii trying to recruit the younger brother of BYU starting lineman Keith Uperesa and sports information director Dave Schultess says: "He's so big, we may have to give two grants- in-aid to get him." John Irving, who was in Fred Snowden's first group of basketball recruits, is now a senior at Hofsta and leads the NCAA in rebounding with an average of 16.2 per game It wasn't Alvan Adams' fault the Phoenix Suns lost by one point to a other i He had 47 points, 18 rebounds, 12 a i a i blocked shots How do you explain this: i a a a made the Associated Press All-American squad, but did not make the AP All- Southwest Conference team? Oklahoma State basketball coach Guy Strong has a unique way of explaining momentum: "It's like taking one olive out of a jar. When one comes out, they all come out." Citizen Sportswriter Steve Weston was thumbing through a list of members of the U.S.

Basketball Writers Association and submitted his "all-name Hollis Biddle, Barr Blizzard, Bob "Snake" LeGrand, Smith Barrier, Marvin (Skeeter) Francis, Volney Meece (plural of moose?) and Zander Hollander Stanford's Terry Albritton uses a borrowed shot at most meets because "Have you ever tried to carry one onto a plane. Besides, I've always found it difficult to develop any real attachment to a 16-pound iron ball." i i Alvan Adams A big night horse helped me a lot. He had good rhythm, he was a good jumper and he kicked high. But mostly, he impressed the judges. You can really show your riding ability on a horse like that." Berger, an animal husbandry graduate from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, last year, plus another $2,600 in bonus money.

One of the busiest cowboys in the business, Berger will ride in scores of rodeos this year, mainly because he has his own airplane. "I'm not flying it right now, but later on this season, I'll be able tu ride in two to three rodeos per day, when these little towns star! having their rodeos," he said. The 31-year-old cowboy says his size helps-him in his two main events. "I'd be handicapped if I tried roping or steer wrestling," he said. "But in riding, my size helps." He joined the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in 1965.

"I've been going hard for about 10 years," he said, "and I'll keep going as long as I'm healthy. When I'm done, I'm not sure what will do. But I have bought some farm land in Halslead, and I own 60 cows, so 1 guess I be a farmer like my dad," Physical does play a part in bull and saddle bronc riding, but according to Berger, the activities require more in the way of personal desire, conditioning, timing and ability. "A good bull rider or bronc rider has to have a good mental approach," he said. "You have to do a lot of psyching a to be good at it.

This helps with your training, too." Berger is good at it. In 1971, five years after his first professional ride, he established himself as a lop cowboy, finishing second in bull riding and earning the run- nerup spot in the all-around championship wilh $47,000 in winnings. irst no round results in Tucson's La Fiesta de los Vanueros Rodeo: GIRLS' BARREL RACING I Kay vamvoras. Aledo. 179 seconds (S312.I52); 2.

Dammv John son, Norco. 18.0 seconds (S25B.72); 3. (snlil) Gail Tvson, Riv ersicte. a i and Linda Otts, Oueen Crock. both la 1 seconds (5177.8?); 5.

Lois Goodwin. 18.2 seconds (597.02i. t. Jov Pad dock, Marana, 18.2 second'. (553.901 TEAM ROPING 1 John Han nard.

Buckeye, and Dick Hanciarr). Lavcen, 7.9 seconds (S952.07), 2. Matt Silveira. Nipomd, CrtliL and Les Hirdos, Turlock, sec onds (S787.72); 3. (split! Leo Carna rillo, Clements, and Ren Camarilfo, Oakrtafe, Catif and Lefty Wilken, Hillsnoro, N.

M. and Sher rick Granlham. Scotlsrtale, all 8 6 seconds 5. (snlill Don Scotl, Exeter, Calil. and Stan Mel shaw, Pallerson, anci Ronnie Diidav, Porterviile, Calif, and Jesse James, Porfervilfe, all 8 7 (527? CALF ROPING I.

(split) Sonnv Davis, Kenna, N. and Willard Moody, Wynnewcxxt, Okla both 1 seconds 3, (solil) Barrv Durk, Duncan, Okla Tom Ferqu son, Miami, Ok la. and Jerry Koile. Laveen, A i all seconds (5578.2,1); 6. Honnye Sewalt.

Chico. 11.7 seconds S21B8'); 7 John ny Hudson, Paradise. i seconds (JHU2); 3. Terry David son, Hugo, II 9 seronds (587.551. STEER WRESTLING 1.

Aaron Ferlsch, Redmond, Ore. 5.3 seconds (SW3.12): 2. Paul Huoties, Olnev Springs, 5.5 seconds 3. (fov split) Bill Atlu queraue; Danny Torriccltas, Eu nenc. Jerry Small.

Bushy, ana Mike Krumlcr, Owx) vcar, 5 8 seconds (SHI All. nsid Prep cage Outdoors Baseball 2D 5D 7D "Call me Dick" Allen joins Charlie Flnley in Oakland. Track 81) Wildcats open outdoor season ASU routs Cowboys (AP) a Landsbi'rger in 28 ixiints and 10 other players broke into the scoring column as Arizona Stale rolled over Wyoming, 107-93, in a Western Athletic Conference basketball encounter here last night. The game was not as close as the final score might indicate. The Sun Devils on six different! occasions built up 24-poinl leads in the second half before reserves came on to finish the game.

Sun Devils 107, Cowboys WYOMING Bccclllo 3 3-3 9, McDonald 10 3-6 23. Bcsscrl 1 2, Phillips 4 3-4 11, Rice 2 00 4, Rovak 2 00 4. Alliin I 1-1 3. Dinner 1 0-0 2. Garnet 0 2-2 2.

Eford 0 00 0, Flanioan 7 2-3 16, Fazckas 7 3-d 17. TolalS 33 172393. ARIZONA STATE Nash 3 2-2 8, Harris 4 00 Landsbcner 13 2-8 20. B. Taylor 7 0-1 14, llolllmon 8 II 17, Davis 2 2-2 6, R.

Taylor 1 3-4 5, WrlHhl 0 00 0, Kucharsky I 0-1 2. Zeno 2 54 1, Sims 3 00 6, Monk 0 0-0 0 NIniiiMus 2 00 4, Barney 0 0-0 0. Totals 46 1525 107. llalltime Arizona Stale 52, Wvomlno 40. Fouled out--Bessert.

Tolal ouls-- Wyoming 21, Arizona SlaleK. A P1 v'" i Calendar In over his head Cillzon I'hnlo by Wels Tom Needham of Parshali, N.D., drops his loop around the is one of more than 500 cowboys and cowgirls entered in the top of the calPs head, but he ended up with a miss. Needham La Fiesta de los Vaqueros at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds. open spring trainin; new look and By STEVE WESTON Cili7.cn Sportswriter There's a a New York and Cleveland will be ihe lop two teams in i he American League East Division I his season. But nut necessarily in a order.

finished first and third, respectively, last year, but both appear to have bolstered pitching staffs. Third-year manager Frank Robinson is anxious to see if there's any substance to the talk. And he can begin tomorrow at 10 a.m., when his Cleveland Indians start their 31sl spring training session at Hi Corbett Field. Robinson's Tribe wound up just over .500 last year with a 81-76 record and finished 14 games behind AL champion New York. "Our pitching put us in the middle of things all year," predicted Robinson, "If we can get off to a good start, we can gain the confidence to be right in there with New York, Boston and Baltimore." It'll be a little different Cleveland club this year, because trades and acquisitions have molded the '77 Tribe from a home-run-hitting team to one that will depend on pitching, speed and defense.

Pitching is the key, and Robinson thinks he's in good shape with the addition of Wayne Garland, acquired from Baltimore for $2.3 million over a period of 10 years after a season of 20-7 with a 2.67 earned run average, and Al Fitzmorris, 15-11 with a ERA at Kaasas City last season. They join Tribe veleraas Dennis Eckersley (13-12, 3.44), Pat Dobson (16-12, 3.48), Jim Bibby (13-7, 3.20) and Rick Waits (7-9, 3.99) to present Robinson with the pleasing problem of having to make some tough decisions about a starting rotation. The addition of first baseman Andre Thornton, designated hitler Bill Melton and outfielders Paul Dade and Johnny Grubb will add depth to the club. Thornton will share first base duties with Boog Powell. Grubb, coming in a deal that included veterans Fred Kendall (a catcher) and Hector Torres (shortstop), has already been ticketed for left field.

With Grubb batting ahead of Rick Manning and Duane Kuiper, it should give, in Robinson's opinion, Cleveland "solid hitting as well as quickness at ihe lop." Robinson will i be counting, of course, on veterans Buddy Bell, Frank Duffy, Larvell Blanks, Ray Fosse, Charlie Spikes, Rico Carty and Bill Melton. The Indians open exhibi- tion play March 1C at Hi Corbell Field against the San Francisco Giants. INDIANS' HOME EXHIBITION SCHEDULE (AH names at Hi Dfilc Opponent Time Mar. 10 San Francisco 1 p.m. Mar.

12 Mexico City 7iut'rs 1 p.m. Mar. 1'. San Oicfjo 1 p.m. Mar.

Uj Ctiicnoo Culjj I p.m. Mar. 17 Milwaukee I Mar. 19 San Dieno i m. Mar.

70 Unlv. of Arijon.i 1 p.m. Mar. 21 California 1 Mar. Milwaukee 1 n.m.

Mar. San rancisco 1pm. Mar. Seattle 1 p.m. Mar.

30 Chicano Cubs 7:30 p.m. AAar 31 Oakland 1 p.m. April 3 Seattle 1 p.m. A i Chicago Cubi p.m Today in Tucson Rodeo: Los Ficsla cJc los Vnquc- ms, 2 p.m.. Tucson nodoo Grounds.

College baseball: Snn Dingo vs. Arizona. 3 p.m.. Wildc.nl Dog racing: Tucson Greyhound Pnrk. 0 p.m.

High school basketball: Class AAA 7. Pueblo vs Cnlnlinri and 8:30 p.m.. Tucson Siinnysidn. Sahuaro Hiflh School r)ym and KTUC (MOO). Tomorrow in Tucson College basketball: Wyoming vs.

Arizona. 2 p.m., McKale Con- tcT. KCRE (790) and Oinnnn! -1 College baseball: San Dingo SlnUj vs. Arizona, 10 a.m WiMcal Fiold Horse racing: Dillilo Dace- Track. I p.m.

Rodeo: Los do los Vaquo- 2 p.m., Tucson Rodeo Grounds. High school baakefball, Class AAA playolls. 7 p.m.. Sahuaro School tjym and KTUC (KiOO) Dog racing; Tucson Greyhound Park. 0 p.m Radio, TV Tomorrow Pro tennis: American Airlines Tennis Games.

12:30 p.m., Channel 4. Pro bowling: Miller Hiflh Life Open. 1.30 p.m.. Channels. Pro golf: Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic, 2 p.m..

Channel 13. Because of limits Players may lose sc By REGIS McAULEY Citizen Sporlswriler KANSAS CITY Hundreds of college football players now on cc.oss the natior, will lose their grants in aid because of the 30-95 rule which goes into effect this season, it was predicted hereby eight of the top football coaches in the country. John Majors, who was named Coach of the Year after leading Pitt to a 12-0 season, and has since switched to the head coaching job at Tennessee, said: understand some coaches are already culling kids off their rosters. They have to. If you sign up 30 a year and are limited to 95 overall, every coach will have to face the inevitable unpleasant task of telling a hoy that his scholarship will not be renewed.

We can only give them a one-year scholarship which we allowed to renew one year at a time. But we must stay under the 95 total. This is (he last year that red- shirts (players who are held out of competition for one year) will not be counted in your total. Next year they will be and that's when the trouble will start in earnest. It will not surprise me to see a lot of lawsuits filed." Bo Schembechler of Michigan said, "This rule penalizes the people who have good athletic programs.

If you have a solid program and the boys stay with you all four years and get their degrees that's what this football is all about. "But we won't be able to promise a boy a four-year education any longer. Something may come up where we have to replace him with a boy of better quaiificatioas for football." Coaches who agreed that the scholarship limits will mean the cutting of many athletes off rosters were Vince Dooley of Georgia; Earl Bruce, Iowa State; Jerry Claiborne, Maryland; John Robinson, Southern California; Joe Yukica, Boston College and Bill Yeoman, Houston. Only one coach said he was happy about the rule and a was Sonny Holland of Montana Stale, who said: "The 30 i i on recruiting means that in Montana we are now getting some of the boys who formerly went to the Pacific-8 Conference west of us and the Western Athletic Conference, east of us. The rule helps schools in the small college division, but I can see where it would be a tremendous problem for major colleges.

Majors said the coaches should do some lobbying to get the limit set at 105 iastead of 95. He pointed out that the rule works a special hardship on those universities in sparsely populated areas of the country where attrition of student-athletes is high. NCAA NOTES Marc Lunsford, Arizona quarterback, is included in a college film shown here for ihe first time yesterday giving a preview of the players 10 watch in 1977 Vince Dooley of Georgia says, "That Tony Mason will do a fine job at Arizona. We had him down by three touchdowns and thought we had a real breather until he got his kids so fired up they came very close to upsetting us One of the writers said to Joe Yukica, Boston College coach, "I'd hate to have your job of trying to recruit some of (hose cocky brats you have to talk to," and Yukica said, "Some of (hose brats can run awfully fast." Schembechler says the torture of recruiting is driving some of the best coaches out of the game. "Frank Broyles, Duffy Daugherty and Darrell Royal all quit because of the recruiting.

I don't like it myself." Don Canham, his athletic director at Michigan, said, "Coaches fill the stadium week after week with hundreds of thousands of people. It's a multi-million dollar project and the coaches get $40,000 or less for that important job. It's ridiculous." Michigan has had nine straight sellout crowds for football of 100,000 people..