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Boonton Wins State Lacrosse Crown The Bombers, in winning for the 15th time in 17 games this year, held the state's highest scorer, at-tackman Ken Martin, without a point. Martin had entered the game with 52 goals and 36 assists. Defenseman Marco DeLuca, with help from Dave Brown and Dave Turkington, had a lot to do with keeping Martin blanked. And so did diminutive Boonton goalie Fred Vaillancourt, who made more than a half-dozen spectacular saves. Although Boonton controlled the ball for the first four minutes of the game, Montclair got the first goal at 5:04, when Gordon Coffin drove home a pass from Mark Tyree.

It was just over a minute later that Boonton attackman Don Moeller scored what may have been his, and Boonton's, biggest goal of the season. Moeller, ailing with a hip injury, had been blanked here two weeks ago. When Moeller got the goal, his 38th, it was like a shot of adrenalin to the Boonton team. The Bombers, with needle-sharp passwork, erupted for five goals in the second period two by Krum, two by Paul Belshaw and one by Roman Ku-pecky. There were a few defensive lapses by Boonton in the third period but goals by Krum and Kupecky off-set a pair of unassisted goals by Montclair's Francis Forlenza.

Montclair (17-3) added a couple of scores in the final four minutes to effect the final result. Boonton's second state championship victory (the; Bombers beat Lawrenceville for the NJLCA title in 1973) was a fitting climax to the three-year varsity careers of Moeller and Belshaw. Moeller, with three assists to go along with his goal yesterday, concluded his senior year with 67 points. Boonton 1 5 2 0 8 Montclair 1022 5 First period 1 (M) Coffin (Tyree) 2. (B) Moeller 6:1 2.

Second period 3. (B) Krum (Norton) 1:39, 4. (B) Belshaw (Moel--ler) 4:41, 5. (B) Kupecky (Belshaw) 5:25, 6. (B) Krum (Moeller) 5:58, 7.

(B) Belshaw 6:19. Third period 8. (M) Forlenza 3:05, 9. (M) Forlenza 4:36, 10. (B) Krum (Belshaw) 5:09, 11.

(B) Kupecky (Moeller) 5:46. Fourth period 12. (M) Alati 6:09, 13. (M) Tyree (Coffin) 6:58. By JACK MILLER MADISON "Yes, I would say that this is the happiest moment of my coaching career, declared Boonton coach Dick Rizk after his team had won the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association state lacrosse championship by defeating Mont-clair, 8-5, at the Fairleigh Dickinson University field yesterday.

"Right now we're the best in New Jersey and we got there by beating the school that has been tops in the state over the past few years," shouted Rizk over the din created by the celebration of his deliriously proud and happy squad. "It's a special thrill to beat Montclair for the championship. We haven't done well against them through the years." Boonton scored a victory over Montclair back in 1968 and didn't beat the Mounties again until this past May 12 in a regular season game. That limited success was more than offset by a dozen losses to Montclair, four of them in tournament competition. "We didn't play well here two weeks ago when we lost to Montclair in the finals of the coaches tournament (The New Jersey Lacrosse Coaches Association have annually conducted a post-season tournament to determine the outstanding New Jersey secondary schools lacrosse team) and we wanted to atone for that poor showing," added Rizk.

Yesterday's game was the title game of the third annual NJSIAA tourney. The results of the past two championship contests were: Montclair 9, Boonton 2 in 1974 and Montclair 10, Boonton 3, last year. There were many heroes for Boonton in yesterday's triumph but the key ingredient in the championship victory was "ball control." "We knew we had to hold the ball as much as possible," said Rizk, "because we were well aware of the speed and excellent passwork of the Montclair offense." Boonton controlled 13 of the 17 faceoffs in the game, midfielder Wayne Krum getting the ball to his teammates on 12 of the 14 faceoffs in which he was involved. V- it .3 Mk Grant Photo Get ready, get set, goal! Paul Belshaw victimizing John Rubino (No. 13; ball on his stick) and goalie John Pilat Figueroa Fights Record SPORTS Phone 386-9220 Wall-O-Phobia Thursday, June 3, 1976 17 ets' Fans Shaking Their Heads keeping the ball low.

That win in 1974 taught me. I keep my pitches low and I win. There's no secret." Figueroa allowed just one ground single by the Red Sox until two were out in the sixth inning. Then he missed a bid for his second shutout, ironically because of the Fenway Park wall. With two out in the sixth, Rick Miller lined a single to center and Cecil Cooper drilled an opposite field 2-0 pitch into the left field screen.

Fred Lynn followed with a line single to center, but Figueroa got Carl Yastrzemski on a deep fly to the bullpen wall to end the inning. "I didn't have to struggle," the 27-year-old Figueroa said. "I got the lead in the first inning and then I got five more runs in the second. That let me relax. I was able to pitch my game." weren't going to get him for the $20,000 waiver price," he said, his voice rising.

"We need a guy who can give us an immediate charge by hitting some triples or home runs. That's not Joshua. I don't think Joshua is a good major leager centerfielder. The GM continued, "I'll take a Garry Mad-dox or an Al Oliver or a Cesar Cedeno. Would you take Von Joshua over Del Unser? Why should I give up a good player for Von Joshua? "We have Kingman, Kranepool, Milner and McDonald concluded.

Which thus far is proving to be not enough. EXTRA Swan (2-5) probably pitched himself out of Frazier's rotation and maybe off he helped Cubs to four-run fifth by allowing three hits, including Manny Trillo's two-run single and also made wild pickoff throw enabling Rick Monday to reach was very wild," admitted SF drove in Mets' second run, Joe Torre's single, third. BOSTON (AP) Ed Figueroa, the New York Yankees' right-hander, laughs when he recalls his first look at Fenway Park's left field wall, the famed 37-foot "Green Monster" in the chummy home of the Boston Red Sox. "I remember a lot of things about the wall," Figueroa said with a big grin Wednesday night after pitching a four-hitter as the Yankees made it two in a row over the Red Sox in a 7-2 victory. "I first heard about the wall while I was a kid in Puerto Rico," Figueroa said.

"They said in Boston they have a big wall. They showed me the little pictures in the papers." Figueroa, pitching for a winner after posting a 16-13 record with the last place California Angels last year, had reason to be happy after hiking his record to 6-3, tying him with millionaire Catfish Hunter for the most victories on the New York staff. "The first time I saw the wall was with (Manager) Dick Williams in 1974," the 27-year-old pitcher said. "I walked out of the dugout and he pointed at it. I had to go up and see it.

I looked and turned away. It's big when you get up close. It's close, very close. "But the first time I pitched here I won. That taught me to keep the ball low to the hitters.

one DP and one sacrifice fly against Bonham, the ace of a 21-24 staff. Kingman had been particularly ineffective, killing a potentially big first inning with a bases loaded, run-scoring 5-4-3 DP and fanning with two on in the fifth with the Mets trailing, 4-2. But Frazier, busy bemoaning the crippling injuries sustained by his troops (Bud Harrel-son's swollen shin, Felix Millan's bruised shoulder, Milner's leg and, of course, Mike Vail's dislocated foot), didn't know about Joshua. Joe McDonald was the man to The general manager, usually a mild-mannered Irishman, bristled, however, when approached about the lefthand hitting outfielder. "I've probably waived on 200 or 300 ballplayers the past couple of months," he began, a slight quaver in his voice, his face reddening.

"I've waived on players of better caliber than Von Joshua." That's undoubtedly true but right now, the third place Mets, 11 games behind the East-leading Phils, 15 in the loss column, are in a bad way. Besides the slumping Kingman (no home runs, his specialty, in nine games), minor league journeyman Leon Brown is the only other healthy righthanded hitting flychaser. Unser is wallowing at .220. Kranepool is hitting .285 but is too slow for regular duty in left. Milner, too, is a first baseman and rookie defensive specialist Bruce Boisclair, another lefty, certainly isn't the answer at this time.

All this points to mucho pressure on Vail whenever he returns, so maybe Joshua wouldn't have been a bad pick-up. McDonald, however, didn't think so. "I talked to the Giants about him and we By STEVE MANAS NEW YORK The first object to catch the eye was the gray suitcase. Next came the tired-looking man fiddling with it. Joe Frazier, looking older than his 53 years, sat behind his suitcase, one hand fumbling with a lock, the other, running through his wet, thinning black hair.

The reporters in the Mets manager's office following their 5-3 defeat to the lowly Cubs before 11,162 disgruntled customers at Shea last night, glanced at one and other. Had the rookie skipper seen enough? Was he making a quick getaway before' being questioned like a witness at the scene of an accident? After all, this defeat was the Mets' third straight, 17th in 23 games and had provided Bill Bonham (4-2) with his initial complete game victory, Chicago's second all year and first since April 30. And while Frazier fumbled, the reporters were well aware that someone else had been playing with a suitcase that night. They knew the Giants had sentcenterfielder Von Joshua packing. A .318 hitter last season but struggling at .255 now, he had been waived out of the National League and claimed by the Milwaukee Brewers.

They also knew that after 50 games (24-26), Frazier's outfield corps was not one of the club's strong points. "Our outfield isn't hitting much when Mil-ner doesn't play," Frazier conceded. John Milner, with his .333, six homers, 22 RBIs and strained leg muscle, watched Del Unser, Ed Kranepool and Dave Kingman combine for 1-for-ll, one walk, two strikeouts, CHICAGO NEW YORK abrhbl abrhbl 4 2 3 0 Unser cf 4 10 1 abrhbl RIMHIer rf 4 110 Coooer lb 4 112 Lvnn cf 4 0 10 Ystrmskl If 3 0 0 0 Carbo dh 4 0 0 0 Petrocelll 3b 3 0 1 0 Dovle 2b 3 0 0 0 Burleson ss 3 0 0 0 NEW YORK abrhbl Rivers cf 5 0 2 1 RWhite If 4 110 Munson 4 2 11 Chamblis lb 4 1 I 2 CMav dh 4 0 2 1 GNettles 3b 4 0 0 1 Gamble rf 3 10 0 Randolph 2b 4 2 2 0 Mason ss 4 0 0 0 EFauroa 0 0 0 0 Monday cf Cardenal If Modlock 3b Rosello ss Bilttner lb Trlllo 2b Wallls rf Swisher Kelleher ss Bonham WGarrett 2b 5 1 2 0 Krnepool If 3 0 10 Kingman rf 4 0 0 0 Torre lb 3 0 11 Hodges 4 0 0 0 Stoiger 3b 4 0 10 Phillips ss 4 12 0 Swan 2 0 10 RBaldwin 0 0 0 0 Boisclair Dh 1I1D 2 0 11 3 110 5 0 2 2 5 0 11 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 10 Hubs Against Cubs Mnromrv 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 Merchant pott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 House Cleveland 0 0 0 0 Sanders 0 0 0 0 Mlllon ph 10 0 0 Total 365 12 Total 35 3 9 2 Chicago 00004100a- 9 New Vofk 110010000 3 E-Biittner, Swan, Kingman. LOB Chicago 10, New York 26 -Phillips, Bonham. SB-Wallls.

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"On offense, the people we have for next year are best-suited to run the I. We have a lot of running backs and that's a major position in the I-formation." Coach Fico also stressed the importance of the kicking game, noting that "you can't win unless you can kick." Once Sept. 1 rolls around, which Fico said "will be sooner that you think," he will have three weeks and four scrimmages to get ready for opening day against perennial IAC powerhouse Roxbury. That's when he'll find out for sure if he finally has the ideal coaching job. Fico will still teach in Florham Park and commute to Morris Catholic each afternoon for practice.

His top assistant, Jerry Gallagher, will run things for him until he gets there, around 3: 15 p.m. The school's class day ends at 2:30. "I think I have a good teaching situation and a great coaching situation," he said. "I wouldn't want to give either of them up. I'm sure things will work out.

Jerry is a very capable assistant." Speaking specifics, Fico said he would run a variation of the I-for-mation offensively and a monster defense. "The monster worked good for me at Madison in 1966. That year By STEVE ROYEK DENVILLE TWP. Dom Fico's search for an ideal football coaching job is over. "I've had 15 years to analyze the kind of situation I want and I think I've found it," he said yesterday as he accepted the head varsity position at Morris Catholic High School.

"I like the unity and family type atmosphere a small parochial school like Morris Catholic offers," said the 38-year old Fico. "It had to be an ideal situation or I wouldn't have returned to coaching." For the past four years, he has taught physical education in the Florham Park School System, coaching soccer, basketball, baseball and track. He was also a color commentator for WMTR and WRAN radio during their fall football broadcasts. This past winter he applied for the Crusader vacancy created by John D'Ottavio's resignation. "Having coached at Morris Catholic in the past (he was defensive coordinator and head track coach from 1968 to 1970), I knew what it was like, and I knew what they wanted," he explained.

So did his new employers. "We knew who he is and what he does," said Rev. Anthony McLaughlin, the school's director. "He had just what we were looking for, a philosophy that matched ours." The "philosophy" Rev. Mc Laughlin was referring to was an "element of balance." "Our new coach had be able to teach the boys about the enjoyable aspects of the game of football, while teaching them how to win and lose, and Dom met our qualifications." Fico said he wanted to inject some "fun" into football at Morris Catholic, but emphasized that things will still be disciplined.

"We're going to approach it from the human side, treating each player as an individual," he said. "We're also going to stress unity. I feel that's just as important as winning and losing." Besides philosophy and attitude, Fico brings his years of football experience with him to the Den-ville school. Having played high school ball at Summit's Oratory Prep and semi-pro ball with the old Rockaway Iron Dukes, the Se-ton Hall graduate has a 45-10 lifetime record as a coach at Delbar-ton, Madison and New Providence. He has also served as defensive coordinator for his alma mater and as a part-time consultant for Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison.

"I think I learned a lot through broadcasting, too," he said, referring to his work with WMTR and WRAN. "When you're up there in the booth, you get to see things you never could on the field. It also helped we get to know some coaches and learn different things from each one. All this has helped make me a better coach." Tarkanian was impressed with his defensive ability. "Its a habit of great players to slack off on defense, but not Ricky," said Tarkanian.

"What pleases me most about Ricky is the intensity, the effort he puts into defense. He takes charge." Sobers took charge in the third period of game four. With Boston leading 71-70 midway through the quarter, the Suns reeled off 12 consecutive points, eight of them by the embattled rookie. Sobers also fed Keith Erickson for another basket during this spree. However, they did experience some scares.

Eight times in the last period, Boston drew within two points of them but each time, the inexperienced Suns, the team expected to crack under the intense pressure of a championship series repulsed the threats. BOSTON (107) 1 1 Silos 7 4-6 II. Cowens 4-4 22, Scott 5 4 14, White 7 11-12 25, Havlicek 4 5-7 13, Stacom 1 0-2 2, Ard 3 3-i 1 McDonald 0 0-0 0. Totals 38 31-39. PHOENIX (100) Heard I 3-4 19.

Perry 2 3-4 7, Adorns 20, Sobers 5 4-5 14, Westphol 9 10-12 2, Van Arsdale 3 6-6 12, Erickson 2 4-4 1, Awtrev 0 1-2 1, Hawthorne 0 0-0 0, Lumpkin 0 0. Totals 37 35-41. Boetoe 30 17 23 27-107 PlKWHl 29 27 22 100 Total fouls: Boston 34, phoenix 30. Fouled out: Technicals: Boston Coach Heinsohn, phoenix coach MacLeod. 1X306- PHOENIX, Ariz.

(AP) Ricky Sobers, Phoenix' "other" rookie, played like number one in game four of the National Basketball Association championship series. And because of his perform-. ance, the underdog Suns, the longest shot in the ten-team field that began the NBA play-offs this season, beat the Boston Celtics 109-107 last night and tied the best-of-seven series 2-2. Surprisingly, Sobers credited Boston's John Havlicek with helping him perform because of anything the Celtics' captain did in the game, but be-, casue of something he remem- bered the 36-year-old star ing on television. The incident occurred during a telecast of a Boston game that Sobers was watching while he was at the University of Ne- vada-Las Vegas.

"I remember Havlicek say-, ing that defense is the key to the game of basketball," said the 23-year-old Sobers, a defen-. sive specialist. "He said the best way to get into the NBA was to know how to play de- fense, and ever since then I've been stressing defense." Even when Sobers was at Nevada-Las Vegas, Coach Jerry Hey, Javelin! Morris Knolls' John Rogalo threw the javelin 216 ft. 9 in. to win the event in yesterday's Meet of Champions.

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