The Daily Oklahoman du lieu suivant : Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 31

Sam Aubrey Get Nod to Succeed iba O-State Hires Griffin As Assistant to Gass By Paul Sowoll Staff Writer STILLWATER Sam Aubrey was given the nod as Oklahoma Slate basketball coach and Harvey Griffin was hired as administrative assistant in athletic director I A Cass in meeting of 'If Rnarri of Regents in Ihe Student Union Saturday. Aubrey. 17, will he filling Ihe machine post that will be lefl vacant when Henry Iba retires 1 after 36 bears at the Cowboy helm. Iha's position as athletic director will cn In Gasp, with Griffin serving as his assistant. Gass said Griffin's responsibility will consist dinate only in Gass in Ihe athletic department.

"This was a hie decision for me In make." Griffin said. "It's hard in leave coaching when you've been doing it fnr 21 years. Of course, ynu have to gel nul of it sometime and 1 mostly nf administrative work and recruiting. The 11-year-old Griffin, who has been assistant head coach and offensive co-or-clinainr at the University of Idaho since 18, will have no coaching chores at O-Slate and will be subor feel this is a very good chance fnr me tn be a help in Floyd and Oklahoma Stale." Griffin played football on Ihe Cowboy loams that went to the Cotton Bowl in 1045 and the Sugar Bowl in IMG. He coached high school football in Duncan and Enid before accepting a position as offensive line coach at Texas-El Paso in 19155.

He was there until Idaho grabbed him in IMS. Aubrey, a 1916 graduate of Oklahoma State, said he saw no reason for changing the defensive style of play that Iba has taught for'the past 36 years. "It would he dlffucull for me to coach differently than Mr. Iba," A said. "1 played fnr him fnur years and I'vp been coaching under him fnr 16 years.

All my experience has been under him." Aubrey said he felt the best way to improve nn Ihe sn-so wnn-lnst reenrd nf the Cowboys lies in recruiting. "No. 1 is recruiting." Aubrey said. "It's a must. You've got to have the athletes.

"Recruiting has heen difficult this past year, mainly because a lni of the boys didn't know whn they'd be playing for when Mr. Iba retired." Aubrey Indicated he probably would have io go out of slate to gel players. "We're a stale school and naturally we'd like to he able to dn a lot nf re- How do Sam Aubrey's colleagues and former associates feel about Saturday's appointment? See Bob Hurt's in-depth report on Page 2. Harvay Griffin February 8, 1970 THE SUNDAY OKLAHOMAN TS Sam Aubrny O-State's new basketball coach SOONERS HOLD OFF POKES, 62-57 Zone Defense, Late Charities By Martin, Ray Stifle O-State Blazers Subdue Tulsans The Box Score ed ruefully to those two "intentional" I by Clack on Marriri as hcing critical. "Our biggest, mistake was' 'those two intentional sfouls." said ihe Cowpoke roach.

"You. don't win games louiing nn purpose." Iba agreed the 1-3-1 zonr Oklahoma slapped nn his learn with eight, minutes lefl in ihe first half, was a factor. "It was the first time a zone ever smnrl up on us." said the coach. He denied ihe zone won the- game. Instead, he pointed in ihe Cowboys' .34, i per cent shooting from ih-- field.

"We so 'said lha. "Hell, when you miss an eighl-fnol shot Ihp fingers nf the quy shooting ii. not Ihe zone." MacLeod singled Martin, who scored IS (Continued nn Paq 7, Column SI M-M JS 15 FT RB PF TP. 13-15 5 1 Ky Ually Wallis The Oklahoma City.Blaz-ers kepi their Central Hnckov league playoff rhances alive with a 4-2 victory over the Tulsa Oilers before aroused fans at Stale Fair Arena Saturday night. The victory snapped a live-game losing streak, longest of ihe season, and proved to he a 'four-point, win in the battle with the Oil Citv crew for fourth 77 J7 31 31 17.

Jl M-57 OPFICIALS-JIm Bvtm and Franle Denver Drops CHL Standings ass. cortrlh 11 It 1S4 OKLA. City IT 37 7 41 ItO 114 Dallll If If 3 41 15 177- SATURDAY'S RESULTS OKLAHOMA i Kantaj CltY J. Omaha CltY 0. Fort Worth Worth 1.

CITY al Offliki, 7 p.m., OKLAHOMA The Box Score FO FT PF Tr By Hob Hurl Staff Writer NORMAN Oklahoma threw Oklahoma State off stride with a zone defense, shot into a then nearly --tripped- n.vvr its. own delay game bet'nre pulling out a 62-57 televised Big Eight basketball victory Saturday. II lnnked liked a "laugher" about to happen when Ihe Snoners vaulted into, a 44-31 lead with .13:15 led. But then caution, and ihe hustling Cowboys, set in. 'Hie situation appeared lease indeed when Jerry Clack, firing from the corner, swished the nets for O-State with 1:21 left.

OU's once-handsome lead had dwindled io a precarious 58-57. Oklahoma sailed back into its stall, which it used with limited success through the last seven minutes. It was broken when Clack fouled Sooner sophomore Scon Martin, the hero of the si vetch drive. Martin hit seven of 1(1 in the last seven minutes, but missed this critical one with 29 seconds lefl. Bui fi-9 Clifford Ray won a fierce battle fnr the rebound, was fouled and hii what coach MacLeod was Io call the two biggest points of the game.

His two charities with 21 seconds left made it 60-57. "I wasn't i shrugged Ray. "I just had to do it so I did." And in retrospect. Martin didn't fret over his miss. "Guess 1 was too tired to get it to the basket," he said.

Martin, who provided seven of OU's last nine points, got two more Iron throws with eight seconds left. He had heen fouled hy Clack. Oklahoma State's Henry Iba. subject of a standing ovation al the start, point By Ray Soldan Assistant Sports Editor DENVER A rash of late errors by Oklahoma City and. according lo Chiefs' coach Abe Lemons, also by the officials carried Denver to a 6S-61 overtime victory over the Oklahomans Saturday night.

The final 27 seconds of the extra period wore not played wilh official Hal Otero declaring the game ended when Lemons did not return to his bench after the fourth in a series of technicals was called. OCU had a five-pnini lead. 52-47. with to go in regulation time. Then, the mistakes started popping up and three consecutive tinder-the-basket goals by Denver put the Pioneers in front.

53-52, with two min vinev TOTALS DENVER (Ml Sacheck. Funk, i FC FT RB PF TP KTOK (I0OOI. Kna City at Walerlao, place and the last spot in the playoff. The Blazers fly in Omaha Sunday in meet ihe league-leading Knights at 7 p.m.. then return to home base fnr a Wednesday night tussle with the Dallas Rlack Hawks.

The Rlazcr forwards gnl a lifl by the return nf Ivan Rnldirev and they turned In nne of their host over-all performances nf the new year, jumping in front 2-fl in Ihe first period and never trailing. Defensemnn Barry Wilk-Ins counted his eighth and ninth goals of the season to spearhead the Blazer attack, and goalie John Ad- 5 I 13 70 11 77 ifcti TV-Radio Log What's Inside Bob Hurt's Column Cyclone Matmen No. 1 Bison Bounce Bronchos Moravich Scores 69 Irish Topple Patriots Wally Wallis' Column Zicgler Leads by Two Illinois Skater Wins Lynn Garnand's Column Bowling Roundup Glenn Tittrs Column Page 2 Page 2 Page 3 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page Page 7 Page 8 Page 8 PRO BASKETBALL 13:55 p.m. NBA Milwaukee! BRlHmoro. KOCO-TV (5).

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Itlswrrs nt OnmhB, KTOK (tono). r.oi,F p.m. Mini round. Rnlt Hcip Classic WKY-TV (. Oklahoma State's Paul Mullen hangs on to thai basketball, while OU's Heard hangs on io Mullen during a battle for a rebound.

utes lefl. Boh Villnni tied it fnr thp Chiefs on a free shot 1:53 from the end. In the last 40 seconds, tlip Chiefs twice jumped on coals hy Villani and Willie Watson and twice Denver tied it with Willie Cherry's 10-footer with 12 seconds to go send-inp the battle into overtime. Cherry missed an 18-fonier just before the gun after Denver st.ole the ball hefore the Chiefs could get it over the center line in a bid for a winning shot. Art Yancy took a feed from the seldom-used John Hoops to cive the Chiefs a quirk lead in the extra peri or).

However, Denver scorer1 Mm TifNt five points anc was not caught. Charlie Wallace hit for the Chief! from directly under th goal with 2:03 remainhnf in the overtime to cut thi gap to 62-61. The Chiefs stole the bal with 1:30 left, but Villan missed a shot from thi corner and Wallace am Denver Frank Rus scrambled to a tie bal with 1:15 tn go At this point, the mos damaging mistake by th officials occurred. The; permitted the 6-5 Cherrj the best jumper on th Denver team, to jum against Wallace and (CmmnM wt CMtpnw rt Cowboy Wrestlers Win 8 Titles The Results TEAM SCORING Oklltom) State It, Briolttm Your. St, Ott ii.

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FINALS ill Rar stajo. Oklalwna State, cet. Rich eanella, Ofiie, ili-Owarr Keller, Oktahama State, e. Wayne FeMoert, Briaham Yeoita. pinned all three of his opponents and had the only fall in the finals.

In the championship match, Sherk stopped UCLA's Don Widmer. who was. unbeaten in 11 contests before Saturday night, with a body press at 1:30. Sherk. now 9-0, was one of si O-State grapplors to remain unbeaten for the season.

The others are Ray Stapp (118), twins Dwayne (126) and Darrell Keller (134). Gerald Winnard (177) and Geoff Baum (190). Other Cowboy champs Saturday were Jay Ameson (150) and John Ugh'tner (167). Stapp and Dwayne Keller were not eree then awarded him three more points for a near fall at the buzzer and Campbell lost, 6-1. Winnard, who was making his college wrestling debut in the tournament, wasn't really expected to get as far as he did.

He defeated Wyoming's Gerald Howie, who had a 7-2 record coming into the meet, in the first round and Allen Dunn of UCLA, with a 9-2 mark, in the semifinals. His 4-2 loss in the finals at the hands of unbeaten Bruce Trammell of Ohio was Trammell's 13th win this season. Cowboy heavyweight Jerry Sherk was on the mats a total of eight minutes, 10 seconds during the tournament. He O-Sfate with 56 points and Ohio had 55 for third. But neither BYU nor Ohio was in contention for the championship by the time the tournament reached the finals.

Of the 1C Oklahoma State wrestlers reaching the finals, only two failed to claim their division title. They were 142-pounder Doug Campbell and freshman Larry Winnard at 15S. Campbell was tied with Wyoming's Don Silbaugh with only a few seconds left in their bout and it looked as though the match might require an overtime. But with nine seconds to go Silbaugh made a Wind Ipap at Campbell's legs, and was given two points for a taVedown. The ref- By Paul Sewell Staff Writer STILLWATER Oklahoma State crowned eight individual champions and tallied S9 team points while sailing in against almost no competition at all for the championship fo the Cowboy Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday night in Gallagher Hall.

The Cowboys had the title won before Saturday' final round even began. They had advanced their entire team through th first two round and into the championship session with almost no resistance from th elher evn souad. Brigham Young wai runner-up to Merrtn Coo, grtattam Yeona. 1 1 7OerM Wmtura OktaMmi S. Bon JMHnan.

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