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KEW BHUKSWICK. SI. SATURDAY, JAN. S. 197S Taylor helps Nets It- a victory points in the final period, also grabbed 18 rebounds, handed out 10 assists and made seven steals.

Billy Paultz added 20 points for New York, Larry Ke-non had 17 and Taylor finished with 15. Gilmore was Kentucky's leading scorer with 30 points, half of them in the tight fourth period. Jones added 23. The victory gave New York a four-game winning streak and snapped Kentucky's three-game winning skein. Erving hit on half his 24 field goal attempts and made good on all 18 of his tries from the free throw line.

New York out-scored Kentucky 26-18 from the foul line. Dampier and Averitt had 10 each- -Williamson was the only other Net in double figures, scoring 10. Smith leads Buffalo Randy Smith scored 32 points to offset a bad shooting night by teammate Bob McAdoo to lead the Buffalo Braves to a victory over the New York Knicks. While McAdoo, the NBA's leading scorer, was suffering through a nine-for-27 shooting performance, Smith picked up the slack. He hit 14 for 21 in the game and made 11 of his first 12 shots.

Buffalo led most of the way but the Knicks took a three- New York took a 27-16 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Kentucky quickly drew even in the second quarter and went ahead 50-49 on Bird Averitfs three-pointer at the buzzer. The game was tied four times in the third period. Jim Bradley giving the Colonels a 77-76 lead at the buzzer on three free throws two on a personal foul, one on a technical against Nets Coach Kevin Loughery. Neither team could open much of a lead in the final period, when both clubs shot 62 per cent from the field, Kentucky hitting 15 of 24 attempts, New York 13 of 21. Dan Issel added 13 points for Kentucky and guards Louie point lead, 76-73, iare in the third quarter.

Buffalo wiped that out and went ahead 79-76 on successive three-point plays by Bob Weiss and McAdoo. New York came back to tie it 91-all with 3:31 left on a jump shot by rookie Jesse Dark. Smith then hit a layup and scored on goal-tending call to make it 93-91 Buffalo with 2:56 remaining. The Braves wrapped it up by running off six straight points to make it 101-93 with 57 seconds left. McAdoo finished with 21 points and 21 rebounds.

Walt Frazier had 20 points and Phil Jackson 18 for New York. By The Associated Press Brian Taylor stole the ball from Kentucky's Ted McClain with three seconds to go, was fouled in the backcourt by Artis Gilmore and then, calmly sank the two free throws to give the New York Nets a 112-110 victory over the Colonels in a sizzling American Basketball Association game last night. The teams entered the game with Identical 32-13 records, so New York's victory gives the Nets a one-game lead in the ABA's Eastern Division. In the season series between the two clubs, the Nets now lead 4-2. In Buffalo, the Braves remained within Vk games of Atlantic Division leading Boston was called for gdaltending on a shot by Gilmore, putting Kentucky on top 110-108, but Erving came back with a jumper with 30 seconds left to tie it once again.

Kentucky tried to play for one last shot. With 10 seconds to go, McClain tried to drive towards the basket along the left baseline, but he got hemmed in against the end line and lost control of the ball. Taylor grabbed it and was fouled by Gilmore in the scramble. After Taylor sank the two free throws, Kentucky got off a final shot, but Wilbert Jones' try from three-point range was off to the right. Erving, who scored 16 of his Celtics by whipping the New York Knicks 105-99 to gain their seventh straight victory.

Dan Issel's three-point play with 1:55 to go in the final period gave Kentucky a 108-106 lead in the hard-fought battle, and a pair of free throws by center Artis Gilmore stretched the Colonels' lead to points eight seconds later. But Julius Erving, the game's high scorer with 42 points, cut the gap in half with a pair of free throws with 1:30 to go, then stole the ball off McClain's inbounds pass and added two more free throws to tie it at 108-108 with 1:15 to play. With 44 seconds to go, Erving Bing Crosby Golf i Wat Littler for ties son 9 of the warm, sunny day, a 67 at Pebble Beach for a 144 total. Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Lee Trevino are not competing here. Miller started from the 10th tee at Spyglass and promptly three-putted his first two greens, including a par-five on the 11th.

He followed with 15 consecutive two-putt greens, then missed the green and bo-geyed his last hole. Along the way, he stopped once to pose for the legions of birdie burst at the end propelled Watson, the current Western Open champion, into his piece of the lead. He needed only a five-iron second shot to reach a par-five green and holed the 10-foot eagle putt. And he threw irons inside of eight feet on the next two. Littler, who carded four bhV-ies and three bogeys, had tha lead alone until he missed tb green and bogeyed his 17th hole.

my wife don't own cameras." Despite his six-stroke deficit, he's not counting himself out of it "I could explode," lie said. "I haven't lost it. There's nothing wrong with my Nicklaus had an even poorer start than Miller in Thursday's round, bogeying three holes in a row on his front nine. "I was super," he said wryly. "I started medium-lousy, got worse and finished poor." An eye-popping eagle-birdie- amateur camera-clickers, hunkering over a putt with his face-in a scowl.

"Let's get it all out of the way at once," he said. It didn't work. "There were actually thousands of cameras out there," he said. "I've never seen anything like it. But I guess that's what happens when you win a couple of tournaments.

"I never had this trouble before a couple of years ago. That's because my mother and PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) "You have to look back at Johnny," Tom Watson said from his position in front of the pack going into today's third round of the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Tournament. "Six shots," mused soft-spoken Gene Littler, who shared the lead with Watson in this unique event on the Monterey Peninsula. "Miller can make that up easy.

He's not out of it by a long shot. No, sir!" And Johnny Miller, who was f-i j2 's I rnr2fc-v 'M' mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Portland Storm will remain World Football League in bugged by camera buffs and failed to make a birdie as he i supped six strokes off the pace, concurred. ft "I can still win," he said after going over par for the first time this year. "I really i didn't play that bad. I just missed one green.

If I can put one of my good rounds on 'em, a 64 or 65, I've still got a good chance." The stocky, muscular Watson 48 put on a fast finish for a second-round 70 and a 139 total, five under par at the halfway mark of this unique tournament that has the pros playing with an amateur partner for three days on three courses before Sunday's final round at Pebble The 44-year-old Littler had a 71 to share first place with Watson, who also played his round Thursday on the Pebble Beach layout. Miller and Jack Nicklaus, the man he's challenging as the PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Chris Hemmeter, president of the World Football League, announced Friday night he had received enough commitments from potential investors to put the Portland Storm back in the WFL for the 1975 season. "We received commitments of many, many hundreds of thousands of dollars tonight," Hemmeter said after day-long meetings with potential investors. "We received substantial commitments today, substantial enough to give me a feeling of confidence," said the 35-yearold Honolulu millionaire, who stopped here to explain his WFL reorganization plan to potential investors.

"This organization will definitely be reorganized and be part of a viable entity," he said. Hemmeter said the next step is for attorneys to file AP photo the play. DiGregorio was returning from a leg injury that sidelined him for 40 games. Buffalo wort the game 105-99 as Randy Smith scored 32 points. ERNIE IS BACK Ernie DiGregorio (15) of the Buffalo Braves drives around teammate Jack Marin (42) as Jesse Dark of the New York Knicks gets screened off legal papers with Oregon's corporation commissioner, a process he said probably would take about five weeks.

He said be could not identify the ownership until public registration had been completed. However, he said there would be a general partnership, with the major owners consisting of "a group of leading citizens." He said there would be a limited partnership taking in other investors and also noted that a public offering of stock was involved. Hemmeter, discussing the WFL earlier in the day, said he "can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I think we're going to make it now. "Today, I think we're in excellent shape," he said, noting that five- cities already have put money in.

escrow. One of the key parts of Hemmeter's reorganization plan is a that each franchise put in escrow by March 15 anywhere from $650,000 to $750,000 as prede-posited capital for the 1975 season. The league, which lost about $20 million in its first year of operation, will have a minimum of eight and perhaps up to 10 teams if his plan succeeds, Hemmeter said. "We will have stability, which will help in regaining credibility," he said. "The reorganization will absolutely assure that all ball players will, be paid" salaries, fringe benefits and other things owed them from 1974, he said.

"We're going to meet our debts." Lakin's return Army matmen rally to edge Rutgers arkites sparks game iNo. performer, eacn had a 145 total, six strokes back. "That's not very much here," Nicklaus said, pointing toward Pebble Beach, where he and Miller will play their last two rounds. "You can make that up or lose it in just a couple of holes." Miller, a runaway record-setting winner in his first two tournaments this year at Phoenix and Tucson, didn't make a birdie and didn't have a single one-putt green in his first over-par round of the year-his 10th round of the tour. to mat trium ph Sayreville girls nip New Brunswick WEST POINT Trailing 18-13 with two matches remaining, Army rallied for a 19-18 victory over in the first wrestling meet in 15 years between the schools here yesterday afternoon.

After undefeated Steve Bon-sail had given the Scarlet its 18-13 advantage with a pin of John Curry in 6:21, Army won Dave SP. d. 141 Jim Curran Gibson. 7-2. Rutgers, now 4-3, had two other grapplers remain unbeaten along with Bonsall (177).

Ted Petty upped his record to 7-0 with a victory at 167, and Joe Nisivoccia took the 126 match for a 6-0-1 ledger. Army 19, Rutgers 18 118 Gerald Nisivoccia (R) pinned Randy George, 4:49. 126 Joe Nisivoccia (R) decisioned Tony Rodriguez, 7 4. 134 Jack Schoonover (A) dec. Phil Steiner, 4-3.

142 Tim Harrod (A) dec. Jim Smith, 24-13. 150 Doug Ward (A) dec. Amir Khan, 9 8. back off for the Golden Rams (4-4) pinning his -opponent for Recording five victories by falls, Highland Park routed St.

146 John MaeGilllvray, Matt Deiner, :36. "Can you believe it? You'd think I'd sneak a birdie in there somewhere," he mused. "But it didn't happen." Hubert Green and Larry his eighth victory of the year. Pius X. 41-19.

Junior Ron Lak- 158 MtK uerrey, w. Jay Todd John in. returning district champion. Heavyweight Steve McAvoy re- Hartman, 12-7. -I Sharon Denk and Sherry Po- points in leading North Bruns- 170 Tony Pascale, VO II I i Af tha con.

mained undefeated at 5-0 with powski combined for 23 points Bba, 104. 188 Bill Viaokay, SP, the final two matches to capture its fourth triumph of the Ziegler, who shared the first- SiMo, 2:29 Hiwsteve McAvoy, Ketih round lead, fell back. Ziegler ramnaitm rnmnarpd with five wick to a 34-8 massacre of East Brunswick Vo-Tech (2-7). North Brunswick raised its record to 9-1. Pat Eckel ripped the nets for yesterday as Sayreville edged New Brunswick, 37-35.

Miss Denk scored 12 points as the Bombers raised their record to seocchi, io-5. had a 74 at Pebble Beach and setbacks. south Btunawick 27, sooth Rivr was tied at 140, one stroke off Freshman Rich McPhee 158 Dorian Anderson (A) dec. 11 6-6. The Zebras dropped to 2-10.

sb, deci- the lead, with Cesar Sanudo, puued the Cadets to within two Curt Roby, 4 1 1 BB. 1 1A7 Tail tJ4 167 Ted 23 points, sparking South Plain- 101 William Hayes, sioned Dean Romeo. 10-7 a decision win. Undefeated William Hayes (101), John Hou (115) and Jonathan Star (141) paved the way as South Brunswick (4-1) edged South River 27-21. Hayes (5-0) and Hou (5-0) decisioned their opponent while Star (5-0) matted Pat Bussey in 3:06.

Bound Brook 47, Melnchea 12 Petty (R) dec. Cal Dal who had a 7l at Cypress Point. Joan Destler scored 26 points field (8-1) to a 47-28 romD over points at 18-16 with a 6-1 deci to lead Edison to a 45-32 victo- Watchung Hills. Cathy Rudy scored 12 points ey, 4-0. 177 Steve Bonsall (R) p.

John Curry, 6:21. 190 Rich McPhee (A) dec. Bob Davies, 6 1. Hwt Fritz Burnett (A) dec. Ray De Boer, 6 2.

Green had a 75 at Spyglass Hill and was alone at 141. Hale Irwin, the U.S. Open champion, had the best round sion over Bob Davies at 190, while Fritz Burnett took the heavyweight battle with a 6-2 verdict over Ray De Boer. 108 Jeff Resch, SR, d. Gene Mc-Terrin, 6 2.

115 John Hou, SB, Michael Parker, 7-3. 122 Bill Daley, SR, Dana Ulanoff, 6 1. 129 Rick Goeke, SB, Roy ry over Madison. Ann Flynn scored 11 for the losers. Cindy Patrick scored 13 101 Pete Schuyler.

BB, deci- aioned Pete Akey, 8-0. BB, dec: 108 Dave Trombabore. pinned Bob McKeon in 3:46. 115 Mike Jannone, BB, 7 ilj 1 1 yS: jY I 85 Paul Rosen, 14-3. 122 Tim Gleason, BB.

dec. Mark Tilbor. 8-4. 129 Bob Trombobore, BB, dec. John Lojek.

23 2. 135 Jack Hoffman, pin. Jim Cozza in 1:13. 141 Jeff Masters. pin.

Ed Machala in 4:36. 148 Sean Driscoll, dec. Dave Besson, 3-1. 158 Don MacMath, BB, won by default over Chuck Herman. 170 Dave Geren, BB, pin, Doug Robinson in 3:58.

188 Steve Hewitt, BB, won by forfeit. Hwt. Mark Graebener, BB, won by forfeit. Ediion Sayreville II JUdUc lua liiat aw. son and set a school record with a pin in just 20 seconds at 115.

Lakin had been recovering from leg surgery. Also adding victories by pins were Wayne Rebarber (106), Dave Landa (129), Rich Hewitt (135), and Frank Milicia (148). The' Owls are now 4-5, while the Bruins dropped to 1-8. Bound. Brook (5-3) took the first five bouts, including a pin by Dave Trombabore at 129, en route to a 47-12 victory over Metuchen (1-5).

Dave Geren also had a pin for the Crusaders. Metuchen's points came on back-to-back pins by Jack-Hoffman and Jeff Masters at 135 and 141: The Bulldogs' Chuck Herman suffered his first defeat of the season on a default. Herman used an illegal slam on Don MacMath who then was unable to continue. Brothers Dominick and Mike Nuzzo scored pins as Edison (5-2) gained a 32-18 wrestling victory over Sayreville (2-4). Also scoring falls for the Eagles were Mike Fresco and Paul Curka, and Mark Ianni won by forfeit.

Three Sayreville wrestlers, Dave Coyle. Steve Scillitani and Mike Smith, remained undefeated. Scott Anderson, Seldcn Staples. Spencer Staples and Tom Boyle of Ridge registered pins as the Blue Devils defeated Middlesex 38-15 for their fifth victory in twelve decisions. Middlesex is 3-3.

Tim O'Brien (108) of Middle-' sex won his sixth straight by decisioning Rick Shea, 5-1. Winning four of the last five bouts, Wardlaw pulled out a 32-27 victory over Peter's; (0-4). Undefeated John MacGil-livray (48) started the come- 101 Mike Fresco, pin. Bob Zaleski in 2:54. decl- 108 Frank Harrison.

in leading J.F. Kennedy to a 26-25 triumph over South River for its second victory in six decisions. Donna Tomarzo led the 0-7 losers with 10 markers. Bridgewater West upped uts record to 4-7 with a 48-42 victo-ry over Somerville. Regina Alonzo tossed in 14 for the winners, whille Cheryl Flynn added 13.

Velda Gray scored 11 for Somerville, now 6-5. Piscataway won its eighth game in 10 tries by downing Franklin, 37-26. Iris Hawkins led Piscataway with 14 points. Iris Turner paced Franklin (3-5) with markers. Bound Brook (0-9) wasted a 26-point performance by Karen Festa in dropping a 53-42 decision to Metuchen (3-8).

Sandy Tiipurins led Metuchen with 20 points. Kathy Gibbons and Gail Staats split 36 points as Hillsborough tripped Roselle Park 54-46. Hillsborough is now 6-2, Roselle Park 6-4. Lebosky paces Owl girl gymnasts HIGHLAND PARK Lort Lebosky captured first place in three events as Highland Park defeated Hopewell Valley. 65.90 39.80 in girls gymnastics'.

Leading the Owlettes io their fourth victory in five took firsts in vaulting, uneven parallel bars and balance beam. Borowinski, 10 3. 135 Pat Jeffray, SR, Tom Dowfin, 7-6. 141 Jonathan Star, SB, pinned Pat Bussey, 3:06. 148-Jack Scratchard, SB, Dava Przybylko, 7-5.

158 Scott Kessler, SB, Earl Bailey, 8-2. 170 Dan Buckingham, SB, Keith Hill, 1:25. 188 Joe Hepman, SR, Jeremy Rubinstein, 5:22. Hwt Jim Fodor, SR, P. Jerry Taft, 4:18.

Hlrhland Park 41, St. Pius 10 101 Paul Tompa (AP) pinned Ned Weber. 3:49 108 Wayne Rebarber (HP; Szllga, 0:45. 115 Don Lakin (HP) p. Brian Nuttal, 0:20.

122 Frank Jiminez (HP) decisioned Joe Leone, 16-4 129 Dava Landa (HP) Bob Casey, 5:18. 135 Rich Hewitt (HP) p. Tom Moullon. 2:37. 141 Bob Stavridos (HP) dec.

Bob Wednewskf. 11-0. 148 Frank Milicia (HP) p. Dava Jevic, 3:45. 158 John Lasilo (HP) dec.

Ed Kunn, 14-6. 170 Brian Nako (SP) dec. Brian Lakin, 161. 188 Sieve Arrogoitia (SP) won-by forfeit. Hwt Joe DeBiase (SP) dec.

Dennis Bodnar, 5-0. Ridge M. Middlesex 15 101 Todd French, R. dec. Dan Frezza.

32. 108 Tim O'Brien, M. d. Rick Shea, 51. 115 Child, R.

d. Al Sickle, 21. 122 Scott Anderson, R. pinned Tom Smith, 3:05. 129 Bravaco, d.

John Sickle, 7-5 135 Bon Buibleo, won by default. 141 Bob Watson, drew with Otto Fleiachman, I I 148 Shelden Staples, p. Al Machtinger, 0:50. 158 Spencer Staples, p. Doug Slater, 5:58, 170 Joe Risoli, d.

Ed Moduf-no, 151. 188 Mike Delgsgo, d. Bruct Sadovski. 4 2. Hwt.

Tom Boyle, p. Dennis. Donaielli, 1:20. Sioned Pete Wolff, 5 0. 115 Mark Ianni, won by forfeit.

122 Dominick Nuzzo, pin. Jeff Samuels in 1:23. 129 Mike Nuzzo, vin. John Strck in 1:58. 135 Ken Comerford, dec.

Bob Salgado, 31. 141 Mike Holsworth, dec. Mike Tanciello, 3-1. Bock, dec. Sleva DcLco, 7 2 158 Dave Coyle, S.

dec. Dave 6 1. 170 Sieve Scillitani, dec. Paul Jennings. 41.

188-Mike Smith, dec. Mark Schwartz, 82. Hwt. Paul Cumka, pinned Don Ericson in 3:00. Wardlaw 32.

St. Peter'a 27 101 Steve LeGrande, pinned Mike Piccnli. 3:48. Rich Gru Mark 108 Brian DeOre, SP. Pernne, 3:42.

115 Gene Diarelnn, aioned Chris Ives, 14-4. 122 John DiMeo, Dragn, 2:20. 129 Burt Sutton, SP, Manzione. 2:40 135 Matt Horgan, SP, Reynolds, 3:47. Hall in Asbury Park.

Ciel is tht daughter of James J. McLaughlin, director of the show which will be open until 10 p.m. tonight and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow.

CAR OF FUTURE? Ciel McLaughlin givti a wave from an tlectric car on display at tht New Jersey Trailer and Camping Show which opened yesterday at Convention.