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Sun Sets on Jerry Wesir OS By Peter Vecsey The Inflated world of I 1 professional basketball absorbed a disappointing los3 shelved his foot powder after a brilliant 14-year career. '74 AIR COND GOLD DUSTER bctrtes: 225 etftie. trats ptver Jteerui. wayf rail. srt I1: stnaes, vkeet cstera, rear ic titter.

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15 date. The real reason it that Alco felt Tom couldn't do the job. The addition of Riker may result in the dropping of 6-10 free agent Pete Perry. Vecsey 04 I ftUTO UGUID ATOM, inc. yesterday when Jerry West "The biggest reason 1 am retiring said the 36-year-old Laker superstar, "is because I have set high standards for myself that Vm unwilling to compromise.

The move was a surprise, since West had signed a lucrative contract before going to camp-Acknowledged as the premier backcourtman of all time. West was only one of three men to score more than 25.000 points in his career. But force-feeding the rim was only one facet of his many-splendored game. Versatility is what No. 44 wa3 all about.

Nicknamed 'Mr. Clutch the 6-4 guard always seemed to pull the game-saving steal, assist, rebound or shot out of his assortment of refined talents. Yet with all his stellar performances and gatling-gun scoring outbursts, Jerry's goal of a title failed to materialize until 1972 when the Lakers defeated the Knicks. The championship followed several bitter setbacks during the 1960's in the final round, administered by the Bill Russell-led Boston Celtics. Never the MVP Despite his accomplishments, Jerry never was named league MVP, finishing second in the voting on three occasions.

Both coach Bill Sharman and owner Jack Kent Cooke, who just recently signed Jerry to an open-end contract, calling for $300,000 a season, were totally against West's decision. But West argued that his presence on the team was inhibiting the development of some of the younger guards, like Jim Price and rookie Brian Winters. told him I didn't with him Sharman said. "He was helping the young players, and dKONa VUll.V Villi i no. 4 to 176th st vm i mm rHACKRlEN! WE'RE BACK IN LONG ISLAND CITY Our move to bigger quarters at Cot leg FX.

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I did not want to do that. "Maybe I just expect too much of myself. Playing basketball used to be easy for me, but the older you get the harder it is. I know myself better than anyone else; it's time to retire." For anyone who enjoyed watching the game played the way it's meant to be played. West's reparture from basketball is sad news, indeed.

And the Lakers, who will be hard-pressed to beat out Portland for the Pacific Division pennant, lose their most experienced and fabled player. As far as the NBA Is concerned, it's legends are fast becoming an endangered First Dave DeBusschere, then Nenny-Wilkens, then Oscar Robertson, then Willis Reed, and now West. "The thing III iss the most." "is the feeling of being a child. When you've been a kid so many years of your life, it's tough to go out an dfind something to do." Sources say that West was to have replaced Pete Newell as Laker GM following this season with Newell taking on other responsibilities. The switch could take place sooner now that Jerry's available.

Most likely, though, the change won't occur until next season. Invitational. nine In 40 and must improve Friday if he is to qualify for the final two rounds. Big J. C.

Snead and journeyman Dave Eichelberger matched 67s in the bright sunshine that sent temperatures into the 90s. They were one shot back of the leading Heins, a 23-year-old native of Monticello, N.Y. The group at 68 included former Sahara champion Chi Chi Rodriguez, Mike Hill, Ken Still and John Schroeder. Defending champion John Mahaffey was in a big bunch at 69, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer Gary Player, Lee Trevino and U.S. Open king Hale Irwin are not competing.

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"I'd just made triple bogey and could have made another one real easy. I was lucky to shoot 71." Miller, who scored his eighth victory of the season and set a money winning record of in last week's Kaiser International, was a heavy pre-tour-nament favorite. Ha was paired with Tom "Weis-kDpf, who struggled in with a 75, four over par on the Sahara-Nevada Country Club course. Weiskopf played his last Casper Leads France Oct. 3 (UPI) Billy Casper shot a record-breaking 66 over the par-72 Saint-Nom Golf Course today to take a two-stroke lead over compatriot Ben Crenshaw after the first round of France's fifth tournament of champions.

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