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2 Part IllThursday, December 24, 1987 EoaAafleUaSfrnea Sleepy Spurs Roll Over and Crush the Clippers I 5r Morning Briefing Winning Shot Fired by Knight Bob Knight, Indiana basketball coach, responding to. a story in which Lousiana State Coach Dale Brown took some shots at him, recalled last season's Midwest Regional in which LSU led Indiana, 75-66, with only four minutes left former UCLA star, had 16 points and 15 rebounds in 33 minutes, and guard Johnny Dawkins had 16 points and 8 assists. The Clippers (8-14) did little right as they all but gift wrapped the game as an early Christmas present for the Spurs. Clipper Coach Gene Shue wasn't in a very festive mood after his watching his team lose its second straight Shue, who had planned to give his team Christmas off, decided instead to schedule a practice. "Let's face it you guys watched the game and we didn't have a very good game," Shue told reporters afterward.

"We were off key for the first time this season. There was just nothing out there offensively. "Our defense is what keeps us in the game, and it just wasn't there tonight And we didn't have it on offense. We shot 33 in the first half." Shue tried a lot of combinations, but nothing worked. Earl Cureton, a veteran swing-man, seemed to be the most effec defense, but a win is a win and it makes no difference how you get it" Robertson, the triggerman on the Spurs' fast break, also had 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

"Alvin came back very strong after last night," Weiss said. "I didn't bench him last night I took him out because we had a few too many turnovers and we were down by 20. Once we were out of it I didn't put him back in. But I think he had it under control tonight and he did a great job on the break. What made our break so effective was our defense." The Clippers also made ex-Clipper Kurt Nimphius look like an AU-Star center.

Nimphius, who was traded away last season, came off the bench to score 13 points for the Spurs. Nimphius said the Clippers didn't look as bad as they did last year. 'The Clippers have changed," Nimphius said. 'They've been winning. Last year, we didn't know what it felt like to win." Forward David Greenwood, a tive Clipper.

He came off the bench to score a season-high 21 points in 29 minutes. He also had 8 rebounds. Mike Woodson, the Clippers' leading scorer this season, had a miserable shooting night along with the rest of the team. Woodson, who had 10 points, made only 5 of 16 shots. Guard Larry Drew wasn't much better, making only 3 of 11.

Guard Reggie Williams hit just 5 of 14. and center Benoit Benjamin hit 2 of 7. "It was one of those nights," Woodson said. "It was the flattest we've been this season." Clipper Nsfcs Saturday night's game against the Boston Celtics at the Sports Arena is a sellout The game will be televised live by Channel 5. Boston has won six straight against the Clippers dating back to Feb.

22. 1981 when the Clippers beat the Celtics, 114-107. in San Diego Forward Jet Waif, who underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Dec. 11. said he had hoped to return for the Celtic game, but it doesn't look like he'll be back until next week, when the team leaves on a two-week East Coast trip The 62 points scored by the Spurs were the most the Clippers had given up in the first half since the second game of the season.

By CHRIS BAKER. -Times Staff Writer Coach Bob Weiss of the San Antonio Spurs called off practice before Wednesday's game against the Clippers because his team was road weary. "We had a sleep-around instead of a shoot-around," Weiss joked. "We left the hotel in Sacramento at 6:30 in the morning." Ironically, it was the Spurs who put the Clippers to sleep. They won, 111-97, before a crowd of 7,763 fans at the Sports Arena.

Guard Alvin Robertson, who had been benched in the fourth period of the Spurs' 120-96 loss at Sacramento Tuesday night, came back with a big game. He scored 31 points, 20 in the first half, as San Antonio broke a seven-game road losing streak. The Spurs (11-12) are 2-11 on the road this season. "I think I had a good game and we played well, but the bottom line is that I'm just glad we won," Robertson said. "I don't know what the situation was with the Clipper Bob Knight Canucks Beat Kings, 5-1, to End Winless Streak "It didn't look good," Knight said.

"In fact, my assistants had just about given up, and so had Then I looked down toward the other bench, and 1 saw Dale Brown standing there. I knew then that we had a chance." Indiana won, 77-76. Add Knight: Of Brown's coaching, he said: "To paraphrase Churchill, probably never has so little been done with so much." Heavy Stuff: George Foreman, who weighed 244 when he put Rocky Sekorski away last week, is aiming for 225, but said there's no hurry. "The scales are just a formality for heavyweights," he said. "If you can't knock him down, you can belly bump him down." More Heavy Stuff: Michael Dokes, 245, said he was carrying too much weight when he disposed of K.P.

Porter, but he was pleased because his chin survived the test. "He caught me with a left hook, and I didn't see Mickey Mouse so I guess I'm all right," Dokes said. Would-you-belleve-lt Middleweight contender Michael Olajide, a part-time model and aspiring actor, took a screen test for a part of a boxer in the fight film "Homebody," but didn't get the part. Olajide: "They said I didn't look like a boxer." Trivia Time: What golfers were involved in the playoff for the Masters title this year? Answer below. Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown of Notre Dame, who said he was the target of X-rated taunting in the Miami game, was asked if if other teams had ever taunted him.

"Yes," he said. "Miami two years ago and Miami three years ago." For the Record: According to San Francisco 49ers statistician John Siemsen, 33 seconds, not 18 seconds, elapsed on those back-to-back kickoff returns for touchdowns by Atlanta's Sylvester Stamps and San Francisco's Joe Cribbs last Sunday. "The wire story was wrong," Siemsen said. "The 18 seconds was the time that elapsed on Cribbs' run. Stamps' run took 15 seconds." Trivia Answer: Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman and Larry Mize.

Ballesteros was eliminated on the first playoff hole. Mize won it on the second hole. Quotebook Country singer Willie Nelson, asked what par is on the golf course he owns near Austin, "Anything I want it to be. For instance, this hole here is a par 47 and yesterday I birdied the sucker." last 37 penalties and 69 of the last 75. The Kings fell into last place on Nov.

27 and have been there since. The Canucks outshot the New York Islanders, 25-6. in the second period of a game Jan. 26. 1973.

Dave Taylor was held out the game because of a slight groin pull. "I figure if I give it a few days rest, it'll be OK for Saturday night's game," said Taylor, who was injured in Tuesday night's 5-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers. Also Tuesday night, Phil Sykes aggravated the groin injury that had forced him to miss the previous 27 games. "I'm not as close (to being 100 as I thought I was." said Sykes. who was scratched from Wednesday night's game Bob Janecyk was not at the game.

He flew from Edmonton to New Haven, to spend Christmas with his family. Though Hardy seemed to have a tight grip on Wickenheiser's stick, he was able to flick a shot from the bottom of the right circle that went through Healy's legs. Rich Sutter made it 4-0 with 4:41 left, skating through the slot and taking a pass from Craig Coxe. With 50 seconds left Tony Tanti scored from the left circle. "We knew it was an important game," Healy said, "but we just didn't seem to have it.

"I don't think it was a lack of effort, but after four games in five nights, our tanks were on King Notes The Kings' 9-23-4 record is the worst in the National Hockey League. Vancouver's 11-18-5 record is tied with Minnesota for 18th overall in the NHL. In the last three seasons, the Canucks are 12-3-3 against the Kings, including 2-0 this season. Against the other three teams in the Smythe Division, the Canucks are 0-8-1. Vancouver has killed 35 of its In the first period, the Kings were outshot, 22-3, as the Canucks equaled a 14-year-old club record for widest margin outshooting an opponent in a period.

Only the brilliant goaltending of Glenn Healy enabled the Kings to escape with only a 2-0 deficit Petri Skriko gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead, taking the rebound of a shot by Barry Pederson along the goal line and making a pretty move to get around defenseman Steve Duchesne. Just 2:22 later, Greg Adams shot wide to the right of an open net but chased down the rebound and fed the puck to Doug Lidster at the right point. Lidster's shot hit John LeBlanc, who was standing just outside the crease, and bounced between Hea-ly's legs. Vancouver outshot the Kings only 12-8 in the second period but added a short-handed goal to make it 3-0. With Dave Richter in the penalty box for holding Joe Paterson, Doug Wickenheiser took a pass near the Kings' blue line from Rich Sutter and skated between King defensemen Mark Hardy and Jay Wells.

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6. For the Kings, who are 2-11-1 since beating Chicago Nov. 25, the loss extended their winless streak at Vancouver, where they are 0-5-2 since beating the Canucks Jan. 17, 1986. "It seems like every time we come here, they play their best game," Luc Robitaille said.

"I see them on TV and they aren't that good a team." Which begs the obvious question: Are the Kings really that bad? "We were embarrassed," Jay Wells said. "It was 5-0, really." The Kings, playing their fourth game in five nights, avoided being shut out for the first time in 125 games when Paul Fenton beat goaltender Kirk McLean with 21 seconds left. Otherwise, the night was a total loss for the Kings, who were 0 for 6 on the power play and have scored only 4 goals in their last 45 manpower advantages. The Kings, who had only four shots on goal in five power-play opportunities Tuesday night against Edmonton, had just six shots in their six manpower advantages against the Canucks. "We couldn't get the puck out of our own zone," Coach Robbie Fto-rek said.

If this was the Kings' biggest game of the season, as several players had indicated, it was difficult to tell by the way they were outplayed. "They were dominant," Robitaille said of the Canucks, who had scored only 13 goals in their previous six games and, with a 3.3 average, are one of the league's lowest-scoring teams. Vancouver outshot the Kings, 47-21. THE 1 COMPUTER PRINTER MANUFACTURER INTRODUCES THE 7 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITERS! Built For Professionals Priced For Economy mm Built-in 75,000 word SPELL-CHECK dictionary and thesaurus DiUUU Bidirectional daisy wheel prints 17cps nunu bkb total memory SPELL Su99- List $369.00 that sponsorship ended in 1981. "I hope we can stay in California, and Los Angeles if possible," Schroeder said at the time.

That became a reality when Peter Ueberroth, then president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, and his wife, Ginny, came to Schroeder's aid. They became the personal benefactors of the foundation until a new sponsor could be found. Ueberroth called the museum "the best there is." Most notable among the museum's contents is the Olympic section, containing perhaps the most extensive collection in the world, with displays depicting the Olympics from ancient Greece to Johnny Weissmuller in the 1920s to Bruce Jennerinl976. Ueberroth was able to interest First Interstate Bank, which became the sponsor in 1982. Shortly thereafter, the entire operation was given to the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles.

"Nobody living or dead has presented more recognition to athletes over half a century," Dyer said. Schroeder has been, involved in presentation of thousands of awards from the high school to professional ranks, going all the way back to '39. Schroeder is survived by a daughter, Jan Iverson of Whittier. Funeral arrangements are pending. LCHECKJf, tnfc )(o) tl KKwllV HI IRH sF I I I VS Ull By PETE THOMAS, Times Staff Writer Willrich R.

(Bill) Schroeder, founder and managing director of the sports museum and library originally known as the Helms Athletic Foundation, died Wednesday morning after a lengthy illness. He was 83. Schroeder was known primarily for building an extensive collection of sports memorabilia which includes such artifacts as boxing gloves worn by Jack Dempsey, a baseball bat used by Ty Cobb and a uniform worn by Babe Ruth but he will also be remembered by many for his love of sports and their participants. "He was a great friend of athletics and athletes," said Bud Dyer, an assistant to Schroeder since 1950 and now an adviser for the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. "If anybody had a problem, he would be there." Schroeder's museum, which will be housed at 2141 West Adams Blvd.

in Los Angeles upon completion next fall, began as a boyhood obsession. By the time he was a young man, Schroeder had acquired an extensive collection of sports mementoes and eventually was able to talk Paul F. Helms of the Helms Bakery firm into sponsoring the sports museum, which opened in 1939. In 1969, Helms died and Schroeder realized he would need new sponsors, a problem he dealt with on several occasions. In 1970, Citizens Savings came forward and he moved the collection to its office building near Los Angeles International Airport.

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