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derdog to ASU in season finale ows two By DAN McGUIRE Advertiser Sports Writer If Hawaii's Rainbow Warriors can upset the Sun Devils of Arizona State tonight at Honolulu Stadium, the resultant seasonal record of seven victories and four losses will more than satisfy everyone except the guys who want to hang the coach after one defeat. A win over ASU is a large order for Larry Price's men who have pulled themselves up by the proverbial bootstraps after mid-season miseries that found them dropping four games in a row. But a muddy 21-7 win over Fresno State and a sur prising 28-13 thumping of Rutgers have spurred Hawaii hopes for success against the two-touchdown favored Sun Devils. THE GAME will be dedicated to former Gov. John A.

Burns, a strong patron of Hawaii's comeback in football. The. Rainbow Warriors electrified the community when they opened the season with a 15-13 victory over Brigham Young, which only went on to win the Western Athletic Conference championship and earn a berth in the Fiesta Bowl. State, University of Pacific and Long Beach State. But the squad was hit by numerous injuries 16 of 22 starters were out for varying noted as a hard taskmaster, has no intention of settling for a .500 season.

He has reshuffled his lineup and will present three seniors, three sopho- starting. Fullback Tui Ala and tight end Elton Shintaku, both will suit up but are expected to see little if any action. The Rainbow Warriors will bank on the passing and field leadership of soph quarterback Alex Kaloi, plus the receiving of Mel deLaura and the running of Regis Grice and Arnold Morgado. The Sun Devils have a brilliant runner in halfback Fred Williams, a 5-11, 192-pound sophomore. DEFENSIVELY, ASU will start five juniors, three seniors, two sophs and one freshman.

Hawaii will have seven juniors and four seniors. HAWAII CPFENSE SE Mel saLaura. 64, 183; LT Kim MeGewen, 4-4. 245; LG Bobby Wlnkfleld, 4-3, 243; Curtli Akin. 6-4, 245; fG Ben Bethune, 6-1, 245; ST Charlla Alu, 6-2, 251; TE Wayne 217; QB Alex Kalol, 5-11, 185; regis Grice, 4-0, 180; FB Arnold Mortado, 8 Ed Gilliam, 5-11, 183.

HAWAII DEFENSE LE Cliff Laboy, 6-3, 230; WGJorin Weede, 6-4. 238; Lance Kahuanui; LB Bill Let. 6-2, 209; LB Baxter Gomes, 6-2, 225; LB Manny DeSote, 64, 218; LB Don Herrold, 6-0, 207; Whitby, 64, 202; CB Wilson Walker, 6-4, 181; SS-Ken Snlbata, 6-3, 280; WS Mike Perkins, 5-9, 165. ARIZCNASTATECFFENSB SE Jehn Washington, 6-0, 180; LT Billy Joe Winchester, 5-11, 252; LG John Hauser, 6-1, 246; Jim HelliB. 6-3, 218; FG Pick Torbert, 6-2, 225; FT Dave) Oriell, 6-3Vi, 245; TE Paul Ervln, 6-0, 183; OB OennI Sproul, 6-1, 188; WB Morris Owens, 6-, 192; FB Fraal Williams, 5-11, 192; HB Mark Lavett, A-8, 197.

ARIZCNA STATE DEFENSE LE Clifton Alapa, 6-2, 230; MG ocky Mataalil, 5-11 226; Ed Vaughn, 230; LLB Bob Breo-nig, 6-3, 243; HLB Larry Gordon, 6-4, 222; LT Tom Sleper, 226; FT Fialele Edra, 6-1 244; LCB Mike Martinez, 6-0, 200; CB Haynes, 6-3, 195; SS -Alex Stencel, 6-2, 205; WS Kory Schuknecht, 6-4, 215. On the tube The University of Hawaii-Arizona State game will be televised live at 7:20 p.m. on KITV, Channel 4. Jim Leahey and Don Robbs will be at the microphones. lengths of time and defeats were suffered at the hands of Nevada-Las Vegas, Western Illinois, San Jose Stateand Santa Clara.

mores, three freshman and two juniors on offense. The quarterback, Dennis Sproul, is a first-year man. Hawaii, offensively, has six juniors, four sophomores and one senior Then jme wins over Humboldt ASU IS 6-5 and coach Frank Kush, TD un The Honolulu Advertiser 3so in Money Matters: D8-10 Comics: Dll Crossword Puzzle: Dili Horoscope: Dll Sports eport Rain The bows come Stabler suing WFL champ Birmingham loss list the sa 'eight points down at 45-37 when Shelton connected on a three-pointer and they had to struggle to come back the rest of the night. THAT THEY did and after trailing 61-55 they got back in the ball game with Puckett and Barker making free throws to pull it up to 61-59 but time ran out and they were forced to foul in an attempt to get the ball back as the Beavers went into a stall. Several times during the night O'Neil used the three guards that included 5-6 Vic Kelley, Puckett and Cockett as he attempted to break up the stall tactics of the Beavers who played pass-the-ball for four minutes before the end of the first half and started the same tactics with four minutes to go at the end.

THE RAINBOWS, who were booed for taking only 14 shots the first half Thursday, were cheered last night as they upped their production to 19 i r-" in minii a By HAL WOOD Advertiser Sports Editor University of Hawaii's Rainbows finally started to look like a basketball team last night but the result was the same. Oregon State walked off the floor with a tough 63-59 victory to sweep the two-game series with the Bows. But it wasn't easy. Hawaii coach Bruce O'Neil pulled out all the stops including a zone defense and the use of three guards at a time during the rugged fray that had the 7,545 fans on their feet screaming most of the way quite a bit different from the booing the locals took from their own fans the previous night. THE SHIFTING zone proved just as much of a puzzle to the Beavers last night as it did when Oregon State used it against Hawaii the night before.

This time the Rainbows took the initiative and at one time Mmmmam mainiiiuiiiiimii i mi i A -nrnn-lll ninnmiTi mm i miMiumm jjlju Li. mtxSSMi pm iru Vv vs s4ftf-f Saturday, December 7, 1974 closer tries in the first half and 41 for the night compared with 59 for the full game for Oregon State. The Bows also cut down on their turnovers, making only 18 compared with 10 for the visitors. Meiji University next weekend as the Bows go for their first victory of the season after three losses. OREGON STATE IS It at Neal 1- 7 1-1 2 3 Tucker 4-18 4-4 1 3 12 Smith 5-7 2-2 3 2 12 Oxser.

3-12 2-2 7 3 Daniel 3- 7 8-0 2 2 Miller 0-2 8-e 1 4 0 Shelton -14 4-5 4 22 Totals 25-59 13-14 27 28 43 HAWAII ft fl wt Cockett 3 2 13 Gray 1-3 8-8 8 1 2 Kelley 1- 4 8-8 13 4 14 Baker 8-1 13 4 14 Werts 1-1 1-3 1 2 4 5- 7-8 12 3 17 Burnie 88 8-0 8 2 8 Puckett J- 3 3-4 1 4 7 17-23 sens Halftime score: Oregon State 3D, Hawaii 25. Team rebounds Oregon State I. i Hawaii 1. All 7,529 Aflvertlser Photo 6y Art Ofremba to win This is not unusual since they have only one guy back from last year. They certainly realize now they are not as good as the press made them out to be.

"It will take them into January to get the feel of each other." Miller said his team "got careless -nd lackadaisical." He said he was not surprised by Hawaii's use of the zone defense because it had worked effectively for the Rainbows in the second half of the first game. me OAKLAND (UPI)-Ken Stabler, the star Oakland Raider quarterback who has signed a World Football League contract for 1976, now is suing to rescind that pact. It was revealed here Thursday that Stabler's suit filed in Birmingham asserts that he has received only $50,000 of money promised in 1974 and that some payments have been missed. THE CONTRACT calls for Stabler to get $100,000 in 1974 and 1975 before he shifts to the World Football League. Irv Gack, business manager of the World Bowl champion Birmingham Americans, said Stabler's payments have been made on time and that Stabler filed the suit because he wants money now that isn't due him until 1975.

Jimmy Connors LOS ANGELES He wears a Prince Valiant haircut and a baby-soap complexion Little Boy Blue on center court. But, underneath is a street kid's face, alert, eyes darting, ever on the lookout for the cops, a crap game, or a hub cap. And he's the best tennis player in the whole cotton-picking universe. There are those who would equate this with the news that Paris was burning, or the dam at Johnston was beginning to crack. James Scott Connors is about as popular in the world of tennis as a double fault.

As one promoter said, "nobody is neutral about Jimmy Connors. You either dislike him or you hate him." He dispatches with a kind of impersonal contempt which is kind of obscene in a 22-year-old who looks as if he should still be collecting autographs. What's worse, he seems to win on sheer cussedness. His serve isn't big. He has a girlish two-handed backhand.

He's not overpowering, just relentless. He's great for the same reasons Ty Cobb and Jackie Robinson were great. He's getting even with the world. For what is not clear. He was born with a silver racket in his mouth.

Mother was a champion of sorts. He never had to play with an old beat-up set of balls or an unstrung racket. He had the best teachers, the best equipment. He has never let anything interfere with tennis. College didn't take.

His hobbies include beating 39-year-old Aussies and betting on the horses. He treats newspaper men as if they were the lOth-seeded human beings. You might discribe him euphemistically as "cocky." No congratulations He seems to flourish in an aura of antipathy. The more hostile a crowd gets, the better he plays. The redder he makes the umpire's neck, the steadier his own game becomes.

No one jumps the net to congratulate him. There are some people who can beat you and make you smile. Connors, somehow, seems to rub it in. At the Pacific Southwest where he was winning his third major tournament and 20th straight match in a row. His opponent was a ball-boy-sized player named Harold Solomon.

Solomon is like a Labrador. He retrieves shots, he doesn't make them. His game is supposed to be 40-volley points. He just keeps hitting the ball back at your feet till you get bored. early in the first half held an eight point lead at 14-6.

But they hit a cold spell and with the great 0SU sophomore Lonnie Shelton running wild, the score was deadlocked at 20-20 with 6: 13 left in the first half. The Beavers scored eight in a row in this one stretch with Shelton, who had 22, collecting six of these. The halftime ended with Oregon State leading 30-25, the closest the Rainbows had been at the half to anybody all season. O'NEIL STARTED a lineup of Melton Werts, Tom Barker, Jimmy Baker, Tim Cockett and Gary Gray that seemed to be the best combination. However, he got good performances out of Sam Puckett and Paul Burnie when they were subbed in and the team appeared to be rounding into the championship contender it was forecasted to be.

In the second half, the Bows were were "WE JUST can't win against a team like Oregon State with so many turnovers," he said. "We still have to learn patience as far as our offense is concerned. The adjustments we made undoubtedly helped us. We got our big men involved in offense and we played a good zone on defense. Using Tim Cockett gave us a lot more mobility.

"If I ever see a better shooting team than Oregon State, I'll be Ken Stabler murray Los Angeles Times Connors probably could have and should have mercifully and quickly killed him off by rushing the net. He preferred to do it like pulling the wings out of a canary. He played Solomon's game. Only when he tired of the sport did he move in for the kill. He tased the crowd into hoping for a miracle, then dashed their hopes.

At Wimbledon, the British treated him as if he had asked the Queen to hold his coat. With Connors, it is not even necessary to have prosimity. Jimmy Con nors can raise the hackles on your neck at 100 paces. You half-expect people walking by on the street to start shaking their fists at him. I was perched on the rim of the Los Angeles Tennis Club recently determinedly neutral, in fact, secretly admiring someone who was good and was damned if he was going to be modest about it.

An actor? By the third game, my teeth were as on edge as everyone else's, and my face was flushed. I began to mutter. "Damned lefthanders! How can any normal man be expected to play left handed? They should have tournaments of their own." A moment later, he put one of his two-handed backhanders down the line for a point. I took it personally. I was insulted.

"Two-hander's!" I screamed. "Don't they have wrists any more? Bill Tilden would cover his eyes! That's like skating on double-runners! On the court, Connors scowled at the umpire. I was livid. "Call that a scowl?" I raged. "As a scowl, I don't make that one-two with Pan-cho Gonzales.

Now, there was a scowl! This kid is just learning!" It didn't do any good. As usual. Connors won sweetly, and almost without touching the income of his talent. He beat Solomon after giving Solomon his best shot. Almost like sticking his chin out and saying "Hit it, I dare you!" In the lockerroom afterward, I was surprised to see the horns didn't show.

Connors was not affable, he was just a 22-year-old kid who plays his sport better than anyone else. Did you consciously cultivate this aura of hostility, he was asked? Connors shrugged. "They're gonna have to cheer for me sooner or later." Is it an act then? Another shrug. "Everyone who plays tennis is an actor." The thing is, not everyone picks a part for Lon Chanej. Ok.

While Hawaii's Jimmy Baker (32) sits this one oat, his teammate, State players, Don Smith (left) and Charlie Neal, Paul Burnie, controls the ball on the dribble in between two Oregon last night in rematch at H.I.C. Beavers won again. fortunate Coach Ralph Miller of the Beavers said the game bore out his prediction that it would be tougher than Thursday night's game. "We were fortunate to win," Miller said. "About three of our guys preened their feathers after Thursday night.

I ended up going with all the veterans although I wished I could have used mere players." "HAWAII HAS good potential. They have only one problem they have to play together as a team. Miller: By DAN McGUIRE Advertiser Sports Writer Coach Bruce O'Neil admitted last night that his Hawaii basketball team had improved but said he "sure would have liked to have improved into a victory." The old cliche about looking good even if you lose was of small consolation to O'Neil. He said that although his players "started to jell" there were still too many turnovers that hurt..