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'T7T PAGE 13 TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1975 SUN-DEMOCRAT, PADUCAH, KENTUCKY Jafe 6ar traded Webster i fet choice in ABA (draft Lakers by Bucks 4 the Lakersffefense. However, the Lakers' bench remains questionable with tfc four-for-two trade. Milwaukee also finished last in its division last season. The 7-0 Smith was the No. 1 draft pick of Buffalo five years ago.

He played with.the Braves for two years, then was traded to the Lakers. He has been an outstanding shot blocker, but his scoring average dipped to 12 points per game last season. Winters, a rookie last season, was used at both forward and guard and Cooke regards him as one of the best shooters in the game. Although the Bridgeman contract was not known and agreed upon only last Saturday, Power Memorial High School before choosing to play college ball at UCLA. "The Lakers made a sincere effort to get me here.

I don't think it is smart to go to people who don't really want you." Mike Burke, the Knicks president, took exception to that, saying, "General Manager Eddie Donovan and I went to Milwaukee and spoke to Bill Alverson and Wayne Embry," the Bucks' owner and general manager. Burke said the two Bucks' executives were ottly general in their talks. In addition to being the MVP three times in his six seasons with Milwaukee, Abdul-Jabbar was on the All-NBA team four times. His lifetime scoring average is 30,4 points per game, highest LOS ANGELES (AP) Owner Jack Kent Cooke of the I Los Angeles Lakers is wagering a minimum of $2.5 million that Kareem Abdul- Jabbar can turn around his National Basketball Association team. "I am adjustable," the 7-foot-; 3 AMuMabbar said Monday after signing a five-year con-'that, saying, "General play the game plan no matter 'what it is." To the surprise of few, Abdul- Jabbar has become a Laker.

He and Walt Wesley were traded the Milwaukee Bucks to Los for Elmore Smith, Brian Winters and the Lakers' two first-round draft picks, David Meyers of UCLA and Junior Bridgeman of Louisville. "A heavenly day, a delightful day," said Cooke when the acquisition of Abdul-Jabbar was announced. Cooke is the man who has to pay the bills. Abdul-jJabbar will earn at least per year from the Lakers. Cooke paid big money to Wilt Chamberlain, who helped lead the Lakers to an NBA title four years ago, then quit and became player-coach of the San Diego Conquistadors of the rival American Basketball Association.

Cooke balked when Cham berlain wanted a tax-free annual salary of $400,000. The owner didn't say what he would pay Abdul-Jabbar, who was called Lew Alcindor when he led UCLA to three national collegiate titles. The Bruins lost only two games during that span. After the 1969 season, Abdul-Jabbar was the top draft choice in the NBA, going to the last-place Bucks, a one-year-old expansion franchise. He was Rookie of the Year in his first season, led the Bucks to the NBA title in his second season and three times was the league's most valuable player.

With the acquisition of Abdul-Jabbar, Coach Bill Sharman of the Lakers said, "First, I'm terribly pleased to get him. I really feel and I've tried to analyze it the last few days he can help us in all departments. We try to have a running team, a fast-breaking team and he agrees." Abdul-Jabbar, 28, who had asked to be traded, said the New York Knicks were his first choice, but it appeared to him they didn't really want him'. "I had a strong desire to go to New York. As a youngster I wanted tp play there," said Abdul-Jabbar, who grew, up there and first came to national prominence at New York's Meyers reportedly signed a five-year contract calling for $1.5 million.

Meyers was the leading scorer and captain of the UCLA team that won the NCAA title last season. New team Kareem Abdul-Jabbar poses In his new Los Angeles Lakers uniform. He was traded Monday to the Lakers from Milwaukee Bucks in a four-for-two player deal. Jabbar, 7-3, has been the NBA 's Most Valuable Player three times. (AP Wirephoto) Young tops Section One qualifying for state amateur golf tournament Wally Young of Murray blazed through Paxton Park's backside Sunday, firing a two-under-par 34 for a one-under 70 final round and became the top qualifier from Section One for the upcoming Kentucky State Amateur Tournament.

Young's 70, the best of the day, gave him a two-day total of 144 and a three-stroke victory margin over Paducahan Vic Speck who carded three ing the 1974-75 season, they would leave the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association awfully embarrassed. Both Webster and Thompson were drafted by the financially ailing Hawks on the first round of the recent NBA draft. In fact, the Nuggets could -even add further embar rassment to the Hawks by sign-' ing 6-8 high school star Willoughby of Dwight Morrow; High School in Englewood, N.J.' Both clubs picked WiUoughbyJi on the second round of their re- spective drafts. There has been a report thatj! Webster already has reached agreement with the but he denied it Monday shortly; after the ABA draft, which was" conducted by a conference at league headquarters in NewV York. i In Baltimore, Webster said, "I'll probably decide sometirhej soon," he said, "maybe within, a week.

The awesome scorer, rev-bounder and shot blocker con- -ceded that the money belrig offered "means a lot," but contended it would not be the sole factor in his decision. "I also want to consider the! club, the town and the situation I'm going to play in," he said. "I want the best over-all situ-, ation." j'i Asked about the report that--' Webster already was signed, Nuggets General Manager Carl Scheer said, "Print anything you want, but remember my promise that we would sign whomever we picked." While the Nuggets admittedly have been bargaining furiously for Webster, Atlaittav apparently has not. Webster's agent, Norm Blass, was quoted as saying that Atlanta owner John Wilcox has not made any offer while Hawks' Coach Cotton Fitz-simmons has tqd him to be patient. "But my situation is that; Denver has made an offer anJ my problem with Mr.

Wilcox Is -that he must think he's in a la bor relations thing and has a lot of time to just sit out. doesn't." The Hawks apparently also I have not pursued Thompson' vigorously. Thompson's lawyer, Larry Fleisher, said he had negotiated with Denver last weekend and that he had engaged in only one conversation with Wilcox. "I indicated what it would take to sign David," Fleisher was quoted as saying, "and I am still waiting for a response from Atlanta. That gives you See NUGGETS GO, Page 15 33 M.

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Sellline Ph 4 4 2-5461 rrvr NEW YORK (AP)-The aggressive Denver Nuggets of the American Basketball Association not only are making strong overtures in an effort to sign No. 1 draft choice Marvin Webster, but they also reportedly are angling for the rights to the Virginia Squires' top pick, David Thompson. Should they succeed in signing both, it would be a remarkable coup. Webster, the 7-foot "Human Eraser" from Morgan State, was The Associated Press' College Division Player of the Year each of the last two seasons. Thompson, the 6-5 master of the "Alley Oop" play from North Carolina State, was the major college Player of the Year each of the last two years.

And should the Nuggets corral both Webster and Thompson, the two most coveted players in collegiate basketball dur- hole, but the worst was yet to come. Peel recorded a disastrous eight on the par-three, 194-yard third hole and added another bogey on No. 6 to escape the first nine with a 42. He fared somewhat better on the backside, emerging with a 39 for a 10-over round of 81. Twenty-year-old Paducahan Steve Golliher; who finished two strokes off the pace in the first round, remained reasonably steady on the final round to finish with a one-over 72 and file the third-best qualifying total of 148.

Finishing fourth was Paducah Community College standout Bobby Cronin. Cronln played consistent golf throughout the weekend, shooting a first-round 77 Saturday and bettering the round by a stroke on Sunday to record a 153 total. Kirk Jones and Todd Johnson both wound up with 155 totals to qualify for the state am, while Paducah's Mike Shelbourne carded rounds of 76-80 for a total of 156. Johnson qualified as a junior. Paducahan Tommy Thomas finished with a 158 total as did Lone Oak High golfer Jimmy Day to round out the group 10 qualifiers.

Jimmy Brown, who won the Benton Invitational Sunday, and Russ Cochran, who finished third at Benton, were already qualified for the state am oh the basis of previous showings at statewide competition. Named to alternate spots were Mike Allen, who had a 158; Hal Clampett, who had a 159, and Chip Sloan, who finished with a 160. Mao Tse-tung invites Ali for China visit KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Heavyweight cham-. pion Muhammad Ali said today he will visit the People's Republic, of China at the invitation of Chairman Mao Tse-tung after his July 1 title bout here. Ali told a newsman he received an Invitation to visit China before he arrived here earlier this month for his fight with challenger Joe Bugner.

-The champion also said he plans to meet Joe Frazier for a third time Hisle 9s single propels Minnesota Twins shell Fingers again as A9s drop 7-6 decision -rT iff m1MC ylk mt4 try bogeys on the same back nine to finish with a final round of 72. Young, who formerly walked the links for Murray State University, shot a first-round of 74 and landed in a tie with time state individual champion Buzz Peel of Paducah. Approaching the seventh hole in the final round, Young was two-under for the day, but reeled off three straight bogeys to finish the front ninewith a Pitch number four, while not reaching the stratosphere, found its way to the bullpen in right-center field and moments later Fingers found himself walking off the field a loser. "When he let it go, I heard (A's catcher Gene) Tenace say, 'Oh, recalled Braun. His American League roundup sixth home run of the season brought the Twins within 6-5 before Larry Hisle's tie-breaking single gave Minnesota the victory.

Elsewhere in the American League, Baltimore bombed Cleveland 8-3, Boston topped Detroit 6-2 in 12 innings, and. New York defeated Milwaukee 10-7 while California and Kansas City were rained out in the only other game scheduled. "I had a two-run lead and should have been able to keep it," moaned Fingers, who has lost 47 times in his career-eight of them at the Met. Reggie Jackson and Tenace had hit successive home runs in the eighth inning to put Oakland on top 6-4 after Phil Garner's homer had tied it for the A's in the seventh. Hisle and Dan Ford also homered for the Twins.

Orioles 8, Indians 3 Brooks Robinson and Lee ever in the NBA. He also haV averaged 17 rebounds per game. Cooke said both Meyers and Bridgeman had signed NBA contracts, explaining, "The terms to which the men signed were virtually dictated, or the perimeter of the terms were dictated, by Milwaukee. We acted almost as agents of the Milwaukee Bucks." So the planning obviously had been long-term. The Lakers, who finished last in the Pacific Division after perennially making the playoffs, needed a center and a take-charge player.

Abdul-Jabbar is expected to team with forwards Kermit Washington and Cazzie Russell and guards Gail Goodrich and Lucius Allen to form a strong offense. Abdul-Jabba also is expected to greatly improve three years on the tour. It sent him to the last hole with a two-stroke lead and made his closing bogey meaningless. "I'm glad it's over," sighed-Jenkins, who had to resort to some desperate scrambling down the stretch when Miller was threatening. Jenkins converted a pair of three-foot, par-saving putts on the 14th and Nate Star lo, $1432 John Schlee $1,132 Marion Heck, $930 Dale Douglass, $930 Joe Inman, $930 Lou Graham, $810 Monty Raser, $810 Larry Wise, $810 Kermit Zarley, $845 Bob Dickson, $645 Dave Newqaist, $645 Grier Jones, $645 Bob Murphy, $645 Lanny Wad kins, $645 Bobby Wahel, $645 Tony Jacklin, $441 John Lister, $441 Dave Eididberger, $441 Jin Masserio, $441 Bob Payne, $441 George Johnson, 1441 Jim Wiechers, $441 Joe Porter, $363 Bert Yancey, $363 BUI Casper, $349 Alan Tapie, $349 Jerry Heard4333 Wally Armstrong, $333 Fuzzy fteller, $323 Terry Dehl, $315 Dick Lotz, $307 Mason Rudolph, $300 Pete Brown 717075-70-206 69737549-286 72-73-7349-287 72-727449-287 70-73-72-72-287 6577-75-71-288 71- 717372-288 707472-73-289 71727470-289 71714977-289 72- 7073-74-289 72737470-289 73714976-289 7173-7273-289 7075-73-72-290 30-73-74-73-290 7171-77-71-290 70- 75-73-72-290 67-76-71-76-290 7170-7671-290 72-72-7275-291 7172-727-291 71747374-292 68767671-291 67-777178-293 71717475-293 71- 7179-73294 71-747476-295 70-75-7577-297 7449-77-78-298 737977-Withdrew one-over 36.

The Murray golfer then came back on the second nine, firing birdies on.the 11th, 16th and 17th while suffering only one bogey on the three-par 14th hole. Peel also had his share of the frontside blues and managed to qualify with a 155 total, 11 strokes back from Young. He started off the final round on a bad note, bogeying the first May hit three-run home runs and Jim Palmer became the American League's first 11-game winner as Baltimore' decisioned Cleveland. Palmer, who has lost three, got relief help from Grant Jackson in the seventh inning. Robinson homered in the fourth and May connected in the fifth, while George Hen-drick hit one out for the Indians.

Red Sox 6, Tigers 2 Rick Burleson, who was picked off third in the ninth inning, redeemed himself with a sacrifice fly that broke a 2-2 tie and ignited the four-run 12th that lifted Boston over Detroit. The Red Sox had taken a 2-1 lead in the 10th inning on a home run by Jim Rice, but the Tigers came back to tie on Tom Veryzer's single. Yankees 10, Brewers 7 New York blew an early five-run lead but rallied for five ki the sixth inning on Ron Blom-berg's double and Graig Nettles' homer to beat Milwaukee. Blomberg's two-run double and Nettles' three-run homer nullified a grand slam homer by Gorman Thomas in the fourth inning that triggered the Brewers' comeback from a 5-0 second-inning deficit. The Yankees, who have won 21 of their last 27 games, erupted for five, second-inning runs.

National East 23 24 28 29 30 30 Pet. .596 .564 533 .517 .474 .434 .609 .554 .484 .419 GB 2 4H 7 9 Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia Chicago St Louis Montreal Cincinnati Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco Atlanta Houston 34 31 32 31 27 23 West 39 25 36 29 30 32 29 33 26 24-43 34 I 9 12 164 Monday's Games Chicago Philadelphia 7 San Diego 7, San Francisco 1 Pittsburgh 10, St. Loias 4 Cincinnati Atlanta 2 Los Angeles 4, Houston 1 Only games scheduled Taesday's Games Philadelphia (Lonborg 1-3) at Chicago (Reuschel 4-6), 2:30 pjn. New York (Mat lack 1-4 and Tate 1-5) at Montreal (Rogers 4-4 and Stanhause 0-0). 2, 6:05 p.m.

St. Loiss (McQothen (-5) at Pittsburgh (Ellis 1-3), 7:35 pjn. Atlanta (Morton 64 at Cincinnati (Nolan 7-3), 1:05 pa Houston (Roberts M) at oi Angeles (Messersmith 9-3), 10:30 p.m. San Diego (Freisleben 4-4) at San Francisco (Falcone 4-5), 11:05 p.m. WrAaesday's Games Atlanta at Cincinnati.

12 30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 2:30 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 4:05 S. Iiias at Pittsburgh. 7 35 m.

New York at Montreal. 105 pm. Houston at tt Angeles. 14 ii.ni Smiling Tom Jenkins holds up check with his arm around trophy after scoring his first professional victory with final double-round scores of 69 and 72 in rain-delayed Philadelphia Golf Classic in Whitemarsh, a suburb of Philadelphia. He won by one stroke over on-rushing Johnny Miller Monday.

Jenkins took home $30,000 of total purse of $150,000. (AP Wirephoto) 5 Longshot Jenkins weathers charge by Miller for Philadelphia victory Smiling winner began. He retained it with a two-under-par 69 in the morning round, then just held off Miller by one stroke with an afternoon 72. He finished with a 275 totalrnine-under-par. The key was a clutch, 15-foot, par-saving, downhill putt on the 71st hole.

"That was the putt that won the tournament," said Jenkins, previously a non-winner in By FRANK BROWN AP Sports Writer No matter the weather in Bloomington, it always seems to be raining on Rollie Fingers at Metropolitan Stadium. When the Oakland A's are visiting the Twins, the all-star reliever almost always pitches like Charlie Brown does in the comic strip "Peanuts." "I must be about 1-9 here at best in the last six years," said Fingers after doing what he does best against the Twins-losing, 7-6. "I have more trouble in this place than any place else. I think things will begin to even up and start going my way, but something always happens," he said. True to form, something happened Monday night.

Fingers worked the count to a ball and two strikes to Steve Braun in the ninth with Oakland leading 6-4. Braun fouled off the next pitch by a splinter on his bat. "I was lucky to have fouled it off," said Braun. 15th holes, then clinched it down with the clutch effort on the 17th. Miller parred the final four holes, finishing with a pair of 68s and second at 276.

He jumped to seventh on the Ryder Cup point list a team of 12 will be named and regained the season's money-winning lead from absent Jack Nick-laus. Miller, who collected from the total purse of $150,000, now has $179,630 for the year, Nicklaus $173,239. Wynn, playing about Vh hours in front of Jenkins and Miller, had a two-stroke lead going to the 17th hole, once an easy par five but now a tough par four. "I choked," he said. He put his drive in a fairway bunker, hit the lip coming out, ricocheted off a tree with his next and finally hit his fourth in another sand trap.

He came out poorly and was in the rough in five. He chipped to two feet and missed the putt. He had to chip in to save par on the final hole. When the gallery burst into applause, he responded with a hand clutched to his throat. Still fie won $10,650, pushing his year's winnings to $38,205, a figure that now puts him among the exempt players for next season.

The Standingi 5 American PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING East Pet. GB Boston 33 24 .579 New York 33 26 .559 1 Milwaukee 29 30 .492 5 Baltimore 26 32 .448 7'i Detroit 25 31. .446 7 Cleveland 24 35 .407 10 West Oakland 35 25 KansasCity 35 28 i56 14 Minnesota 29 27 .518 4 Texas 30 500 5 California 31 33 .484 6 Chicago 25 34 .424 9H Philadelphia scores I.B.E.W. HALL lOHHfflKWIVt. MDUUMt.

THUPSDAY JUNE 19lh. 1975 8:30 PM PHILADELPHIA (AP) -There was only one winner longshot Tom Jenkins but two other players got what they wanted out of the weather-plagued Philadelphia Golf Classic. Johnny Miller all but secured his place on the American Ryder Cup team, regained his deft putting stroke and put his confidence at a high point going into this week's U.S. Open. "Everything seems to be falling into place," Miller said after Monday's double-round windup.

"I'm hitting the ball good. This does a lot for my confidence. And my putting is really coming' around. It's a good feeling." And even disappointed Bob Wynn, who blew a golden chance for his first official pro victory with a horrendous eight on the 71st hole, found a figurative ray of sunshine amidst the rain that hit the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club course. "I'm disappointed but I'm not disgusted," said the 35-year-old Wynn.

"I got what I came for. I came in hoping to make a check big enough to put me in the top 60 (money winners for the year). I did that, so I can't complain." Jenkins had a five-stroke lead when the double round 4 PHILADELPHIA (AP) Final scores and money-winnings Monday in the Philadelphia Golf Classic on the par-71 Whitemarsh Valley Oointry CluD come: Tom Jenkins, $30,000 Johnny Miller, $17,100 69-65-69-72-J75 71-69-68-6J-I76 7J-7IWW9-277 69-71-64-71-279 71-7W970-280 69-72-64-72-281 69- 72-69-71 -Ml 70-71-70-70-281 71- 71-71-68281 73-71-71-66-281 71- 71-66-74-282 7449-70-70-283 7042-68-73-283 74- 68-7341-283 74-70-70-70-984 70W1-70-284 72- 7071-71-284 73-72-67-72-28 71-7448-71-284 7247-72-73-284 72- 7071-71-284 70-757049-484 7173-70-70-284 72-7249-72-285 70-72-78-74-2 717470-71-28 70-70-76-70-2 73- 71 72-70-288 Bob Wynn, Jim Simons, $7,060 Bad Allin, $6,150 Jerry McGee, $4,445 J.C. Snead, $4,485 Tom Shaw, $4,45 Don Bies, $4,485 Gary Groh, $4.45 Allen 1 If $3,450 Dave Hi, $2,900 Mark Hayes, $1900 Randy BsUne, $2,900 Gary Player, $1,957 TerranceDtn. $1,957 Frank Beard, $1,957 Bobby Cble, $1,957 Jim Colbert $1,957 Jim Dent, $1,957 Danny Edwards, $1,957 Rocky Thompson, $1,957 Dm January.

$1,957 BiU Rogers, $1J29 Ken Still, $1,131 David Glenz, $1,332 Hubert Green, $U32 Rarv MAIN EVENT TAG MATCH LUKE GRAHAM Monday's Games Baltimore Cleveland 3 Boston 6, Detroit 2, 12 innings New York 10, Milwaukee 7 California at Kansas City, rain Minnesota 7, Oakland 6 Only games scheduled Tuesday's Games Oakland (Blue 9-5 and HoHzmaa 54) at Minnesota (GolU (-5 and Albury 4-2), 2, 5 pjn. Milwaukee (Castro 2-1 and Colbora 2-4) at New York (Gora and Dobson 7-5), 2, 5:30 pjn. Baltimore (CueDar 14) at Cleveland (Raich 24), 7.30 pjn. Boston (Pole 1-2 or Wise 14) at Detroit (LaGrow 4-5), I pjn. California (Figueroa 5-2) at Kansas City (Briles 4-1 or Dal Canton 07), 1:30 pjn.

Chicago (Kaat 94) at Texas (Hargan 4-3), 9 pjn. Wedaesday's Games Baltimore at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Detroit, I p.m. Milwaukee at New York, I m. California at Kansas City, 130 p.m.

Oakland at Minnesota, 9 m. Chicago at Texas. 9 p.m. JACKIE FARGO ROCKET MONROE i RANDY TYLER VS. JACKIE FARGO i 1UKE GRAHAM SnVEKOYKw.

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