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0 I By JIM COUR Associated Press SEATTLE The Seattle Seahawks may have found a "bookend" for Curt Warner in the backfield next season in the National Football League draft. After the 12-round draft ended Tuesday, the Seahawks were saying their second-round selection, Owen Gill of Iowa, a big running back with inside power and outside 7 speed, was a legitimate first rounder who was simply overlooked. "We're surprised and we're delighted he was there when we drafted," said a smiling Chuck Knox, the Seahawks' head coach. had him rated in the first round. He's going to help us a lot." "I was predicted to go a lot higher," Gill told reporters in Iowa City, Iowa, "but that's just a prediction.

So I'm not really disappointed. I'm the Seahawks' No. 1 pick and that makes me feel real good." Knox made it clear he wanted Gill to supplement Curt Warner in the Seahawks' offensive backfield, not repLae him. Warner, American Football Conference rushing champion as a rookie in 1983, By KEVIN TAYLOR Staff writer If Ken Stacy didn't feel 10 feet tall late Tuesday afternoon, he certainly looked it. The East Valley baseball coach was bobbing well off the ground after his Knights hoisted him to their shoulders and carried him down the third base line, celebrating a 4-1 Frontier League triumph over Pullman.

Tough defense and a late-inning rally pushed EV a game ahead of Pullman into first place in the Frontier at 13-3 two games Prep roundup away from an undisputed 'title. Even should the Knights split with West Valley in their season-closing double-header Saturday and Pullman (12-4) sweeps Clarkston, the FL title would go to EV because it has defeated Pullman twice. "This was a great win, a great win," said Stacy, who has guided EV to the FL playoffs in each of his six years as coach. The reason the Knights were so giddy in victory, however, was because Stacy told the team Monday night that this would be his final season as coach. "The kids said they'd let me go out in style (with a title), so I said let's go out and prove it," Stacy said.

Elsewhere in the Frontier, Col-vile (11-5) rallied to clip Deer Park 4-3 and Cheney (3-13) nearly shut the door on 'West Valley's playoff hopes with an 11-8 victory. EV 4, PULLMAN is the best-hitting ballclub in the league, but pitching is 90 percent of the game and we had the edge in that respect," Stacy said. See PREPS page 2 Staff photo by DAN PELLE Umpire Dave Stocker calls Ferris' Jeff Witruk out as Mead catcher Mike Alley stands ready in GSL play. missed virtually all of last season with a severe knee injury. "Curt is going to be 100 percent next year," Knox said.

"But we were looking for even more speed in our backfield." The Seahawks had to wait until the 53rd overall selection to get Gill after a trade with Chicago Bears for a first-round choice fell through. The Seahawks exercised their third-round pick and went for 5-foot-11, 195- pound wide receiver Danny Greene of Washington, the 81st player chosen. Other 1.1W players chosen included tackle Ron Holmes (first round, eighth player overall, to Tampa Bay), linebacker Tim Meamber (3, 60, Minnesota), linebacker Joe Krakoski ((6, 138, Houston), receiver Mark Pattison (7, 188, Raiders), running back Jacque Robinson (8, 197, Buffalo) and defensive back Fred Small (9, 241, Pittsburgh). Washington State players chosen included defensive tackle Milford Hodge (8, 224, New England) and offensive guard Dan Lynch (12, 334, Denver). New England had the option of taking Seattle's third-round choice this year or its second-round pick in 1986 as payment for Laimbeer lambastes Bird, but the deed lays a big egg for Detroit Associated Press When Detroit's Bill Laimbeer added injury on injury to Larry Bird, the Celtics' star made sure it was the Pistons who were the most seriously wounded.

Bird scored 30 of his playoff career-high 42 points in the second half Tuesday night, most of them after taking an accidental blow 0 the chin from Laimbeer late in the third quarter, as the Celtics beat the Pistons 121- 114 for a 2-0 lead in their National Basketball Association playoff series. "Laimbeer is frustrated at the way he is playing, he is not playing as well as he can," said Bird, who at halftime cast aside a protective bandage that covered his injured right elbow. "The worst thing to do is get him upset," Boston Coach K.C. Jones said of his superstar forward. Iii other games, Philadelphia tripped Milwaukee 112-108, Denver bombed Utah 130-113 and the Los Angeles Lakers bounced Portland 134-118.

The 76ers and Lakers have UT WAS A FREAK accident, Just something that happens in a day at the races. Jockey Terry Motschenbacher and a gentle mare were settling into the starting gate at Playfair. Nothing in the horse's history hinted at the violence that would shatter the silent moment that precedes every every race, before 1,200 1 pounds of racing animal is released. Mots' mount slipped, stumbled, fell. "When they start to rare up you DAN can usually kick yourself out of the WEAVER gate because your feet are up and you're high in the stirrups." Staff writer Motschenbacher was saying.

"I've had a lot of them flip. Usually you get away, but if you get hung up the guys working the gate will jerk you our." Not this time. The horse "just tipped over and I was upside down," he recalled. 4 I couldn't get away." All he could do was count the seconds while his legs bore the weight of a thrashing thoroughbred. "When they get to fighting, trying to get up, they can beat hell out of you," he has found out.

This time the bones in his lower left leg were chipped and had to be surgically repaired after the season Staff writer maammonalain 1 Daly said. "He is very mentally tough. He NBA playoffs reads situations very well. He is a very gift- ed player." 2-0 series leads and the Nuggets have a 1-0 edge on the Jazz. on Thursday night, Boston is at Detroit, Los Angeles visits Portland and Utah travels to Denver, while Milwaukee is at Philadelphia on Friday.

CELTICS 121, PISTONS 114: Bird had only 12 points in the first half as Boston took a 59-53 lead. He added 11 before the collision with Laimbeer with 1:17 left in the third quarter and Boston guarding a slim 83- 80 lead. Despite a bloodied chin, Bird, the 1983-84 NBA Most Valuable Player, immediately hit another basket before the end of the period, then added 17 more in the fourth quarter to help the Celtics keep the Pistons at bay. Bird also had 10 rebounds in addition to his 42 points. "He is not mortal," Detroit Coach Chuck ER and the trade of offensive tackle Bob Cryder to the Seahawks last year.

Gill, a powerful 6-foot-1, 230-pounder, is Iowa's all-time leading rusher with 2,641 yards on 489 carries for a 5.2 average and 22 touchdowns. He helped the Big Ten Conference Hawkeyes post an 8-4-1 record and go to the Freedom Bowl in Anaheim, as a senior, rushing for 920 yards on 199 carries and four touchdowns. "We wanted to move up in the draft," Knox said, "but this worked out very well for us. Owen Gill is a quality player from a winning football program. He can play at both tailback and fullback for us.

He's a good blocker and he's a good pass receiver." Gill, the sixth running back chosen overall, has run the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds, and Knox remarked, "That's plenty fast for a guy who weighs 230 pounds." Gill was picked almost seven hours after the 5 a.m. PDT start of the draft. Carl Jackson, Iowa's assistant coach in charge of running backs, said Gill might have been overlooked because he played with a nagging ankle injury late in the season. Mots is a fast healer who tonight launches his 21st year of riding with risk and aging legs but no fear. "If your time's coming, it's coming," he shrugs.

"You just have to try not to let it bother you. Pain comes with the sport. Some riders get scared if they get hurt bad a time or two early. Sometimes it doesn't bother 'em. When it starts bothering me I'll quit.

"When you ride scared you start making So Mots at 36 tucks fear into the saddlebags of his subconscious and rides with the enthusiasm of a 21- year-old. THE STARTING GATE is hardly an object of fear and loathing, yet the moments between loading and unloading all that four-wheel drive can make or break careers. And legs. "When the horses are in the gate they're ready to break," Motschenbacher said. 'As soon as a horse hears the big clang a lot of times he thinks the gate opens.

He charges into it and rears up at the same time because he drives his head into that gate." Which is closed. Motschenbacher thinks horses are smart (and dumb, too, like people) but loves them either way. "I started around a track when I was 13 and been on my own since I was 16," he said. "I'll probably be a race-track bum all my life. If it ever gets to where I look at it as a job, I'll quit.

It ain't worth it if I get LAKERS 134, BLAZERS 118: Los Angeles, despite equaling its smallest victory margin in five playoff games, left little doubt of the outcome in Game 2 against Portland. "We ran away with the game early," Lakers Coach Riley said. "That's been the situation in all of our five playoff games thus far. But it was the first game where the opposition wasn't either tired or injured." A 10-2 streak by the Blazers gave them some hope early in the second quarter as they trailed only 41-40. But Byron Scott scored 10 points in the next four minutes to spark a 21-1 scoring spree that put Los Angeles ahead 62-41.

76ERS 112, BUCKS 108: Philadelphia held off a Milwaukee rally down the stretch to edge closer to an Eastern Conference final confrontation with the archrival Celtics. 5.7;chant Wednesday, May 1, 1935 Page Cl Lynch (334) goes to Denver Dan Lynch had hoped to go as high as the second round of Tuesday's National Football League draft. Washington State University's All-America guard from Spokane spent yesterday and last night at his Spokane apartment with friends, barbecuing ribs and waiting for his name to be called. They waited. And waited.

Lynch "emotionally rung out from the day" finally went to bed before the Broncos picked him in the 12th and final round. Lynch was the 334th player picked. One other Cougar defensive tackle Milford Hodge went to New England in the eighth round. Lyunch's disappointment was replaced by hope this morning. "Denver only picked one other offen sive lineman," Lynch said before boarding a plane for Denver.

"That was in the fifth round. They're going to need some offensive linemen. I'm excited. "I don't know what really happened. Teams pick to fill certain needs.

I was told I could go as high as the second or third round, but I had no control over that. All I could do was sit back and wait." The Bronocs took guard Billy Hinson of Florida in the fifth round. "Disappointed? To say the least," said Lynch's agent, Spokane attorney Bill Etter. "I've been trying to contact some people in the business to find out what happened. Two teams called him after the third round, expressing surprise that he hadn't been picked and saying they were ready to take him in the fourth round." Moses Malone scored 25 points and Julius Erving added 21 as the 76ers won on the road for the second time in the series.

Terry Cummings had a game-high 41 points for the Bucks. NUGGETS 130, JAZZ 1 13: Dan Issel, playing in his last NBA playoffs before retirement, scored 14 of his 24 points in the second quarter when Denver took control against Utah. The Nuggets, who missed their first eight field-goal attempts, trailed 39-36 after one quarter before outscoring the Jazz 37-27 in the second period for a 73-66 lead at halftime. Denver was never challenged after holding Utah to 23 points in the third quarter for a commanding 17-point advantage. Alex English tossed in 31 points for the Nuggets, Calvin Natt added 21 points and guard Lafayette Lever had a "triple double," scoring 19 points with 18 assists and 16 rebounds.

Adrian Dantley had 28 points to lead the Jazz, and guard Rickey Green tossed in 21. to dreadin' it." Success in his business is the right agent lining up the right horse from the right trainer. The man on the mount can but doesn't always make a difference. "Records show that maybe 30 percent of the favorites win," Motschenbacher said. "Some are sore.

Others get into trouble. That's one reason longshots come in. Maybe the horse doesn't belong in the race but one will blow the turn, pack the other ones out and you get through and win. "Some horses run better for different riders. Some riders use the whip more.

I don't like to use it any more than I have to. You can tell if they're putting out. If they are, there's no sense beating on 'ern. "A good hand-rider helps a horse more. You can take the stick away from a rider like that and he'll out-run a guy who's beating hell out of a horse.

That guy is flip-flopping around. The stiller you stay the better because you don't throw him off-balance," Mots won't sit still for laziness in himself or a mount. "Some horses," he says, "you gotta beat on. Some get a little sore and ain't puttin' out. You warp 'em a time or two and they'll put out a little more.

Some are lazy and you do have to beat hell out of them to get 'em going." Still, a piece of pride goes into every ride. EVEN WHEN IT HURTS. Motschenbacher broke five ribs and a shoulder blade in an earlier spill last year. lie missed maybe a week. Associated Press Mark Langston is winning ball-games without his fastball, and that means future trouble for his American League opponents.

Langston allowed eight hits and walked four in seven innings, but still held the Milwaukee Brewers to just two runs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Brewers 4-2 Tuesday. "I struggled. I'll admit that," said the Seattle left-bander. "But, it's a win and that's the real bottom line. I still won." Elsewhere in the American League, Baltimore bounced Chicago 9-7, Kansas City clipped Cleveland 5-1, Texas tripped New York American 8-4, Toronto upended Oakland 4-3 and California beat Boston 3-2 in 15 innings.

MARINERS 4, BREWERS 2: Last year Langston was named Rookie Pitcher of the Year when he compiled a 17-10 record and lead the American League with 204 strikeouts. "I still don't have good control with my fastball, which is making me use my slow stuff more," said Langston, who raised his record to 3-2 this season. The big difference this season has been the number of strikeouts for Langston. He struck out three Brewers, giving him just 15 in 36 innings. In 1984 he had nearly one strikeout per inning, with 204 in 225 innings.

The 24-year-old southpaw sees his early season struggle as a positive development. "It's forcing me to go with my slow stuff so when I get my fastball back it should all come together," he said. Robin Yount connected for a triple and scored on a Mark Brouhard single to give the Brewers a 1- 0 lead in the first. In the bottom of the first Alvin Davis, last season's American League Rookie of the Year, finally connected for his first homer to tie the game. In his last five games Davis has 10 hits in 22 at bats.

"I haven't felt comfortable all year, including spring training, so I had to start somewhere," said Davis. His streak which has raised his average to .296. The Brewers took a 2-1 lead in the third inning when Brouhard doubled and scored on a single by Ted Simmons. Seattle took the lead back with three runs in the fourth. Dave Henderson drew a walk off Brewer starter Bob Gibson.

Jim Presley singled. Donnie Scott then hit a single to shallow left field. Young, a lef Welder who's nursing a bad shoulder, tried to throw out Henderson at the plate, but his throw was 15 feet short. Catcher Charlie Moore, trying to get Presley at See AL page 3 "I didn't know the ribs were broken at the time," he said. "At first they tried to say, 'According to your X-rays there ain't nothing wrong with "I knew there was something wrong.

I hurt too damm bad." After three days in the hospital failed to turn up a reason for the pain, Mots was back at Playfair unable to lift his arm. Yet he had six winners in a week. Then it was back to the x-ray table. Sir, you have a broken shoulder blade. Feeling better, if for no other reason than the assurance that the pain wasn't in his head, Mots headed back to the track still hurting.

"I rode the next week and it got worse," he said. "I went back again and they found I had broken five upper ribs that didn't show until they started healing and calcium formed in the cracks and breaks." That should have been familiar. Terry Motschenbaeher broke four ribs and punctured a lung in a spill the previous season. That didn't alter the course of his career or his style. lie loves driving out of the pack and hates the futility of losing a lead.

"I hate a horse that runs in the front end, hits the strech and pukes," he says. "You're helpless. No matter what you do, the (horse) stops and they all run by." The goal? "Be one of 'em runnin' by." ii I 611 ,7) r-7 i- rff. 1 I- rrpc ant a ty. 6) 4 i I Ai i i'At A 4 4 I 4 1 if I 1 I 1 1 Wednesday, May 1, 1935 it Page C71 I 4.

ri 1111 6 1111 0 tu 1 10) 41 1 5 II (I) 0 a 1 By JIM COUR missed virtually all of last season with a the trade of offensive tackle Bob Cryder to severe knee injury. the Seahawks last year. Associated Press "Curt is going to be 100 percent next Gill, a pow. erful 6-foot-1, 230-pounder, is SEATTLE The Seattle Seahawks may year," Knox said. "But we were looking for Iowa's all-time leading rusher with 2,641 Lynch (334) goes to Denver -4 have found a "bookend" for Curt Warner in even more speed in our backfield." yards on 489 carries for a 5.2 average and the backfield next season in the National The Seahawks had to wait until the 53rd 22 touchdowns.

He helped the Big Ten Con- Dan Lynch had hoped to go as high as sive lineman," Lynch said before board' Football League draft. overall selection to get Gill after a trade ference Hawkeyes post an 8-4-1 record and the second round of Tuesday's National ing a plane for Denver. "That was in the After the 12-round draft ended Tuesday, with Chicago Bears for a first-round choice go to the Freedom Bowl in Anaheim, Football League draft. fifth round. They're going to need some the Seahawks were saying their second- fell through.

as a senior, rushing for 920 yards on 199 Washington State University's All- offensive linemen. I'm excited. round selection, Owen Gill of Iowa, a big The Seahawks exercised their third- carries and four touchdowns. America guard from Spokane spent yes- "I don't know what really happened. running back with inside power and outside round pick and went for 5-foot-11, 195- "We wanted to move up in the draft," terday and last night at his Spokane Teams pick to fill certain needs.

I was 7speed, was a legitimate first rounder who pound wide receiver Danny Greene of Knox said, "but this worked out very well apartment with friends, barbecuing ribs told I could go as high as the second or was simply overlooked. Washington, the 81st player chosen. Other for us. Owen Gill Is a quality player from a and waiting for his name to be called. third round, but I had no control over 1 "We're surprised and we're delighted he UW players chosen included tackle Ron winning football program.

He can play at They waited. that. All I could do was sit back and was there when we drafted," said a smiling Holmes (first round, eighth player overall, both tailback and fullback for us. He's a And waited. wait." Chuck Knox, the Seahawks' head coach.

to Tampa Bay), linebacker Tim Meamber good blocker and he's a good pass receiv- Lynch "emotionally rung out from The Bronocs took guard Billy Hinson had him rated in the first round. He's (3, 60, Minnesota), linebacker Joe Krakoski er." the day" finally went to bed before the of Florida in the fifth round. I going to help us a lot." ((6, 138, Houston), receiver Mark Pattison Gill, the sixth running back chosen over- Broncos picked him in the 12th and final "Disappointed? To say the least," said "I was predicted to go a lot higher," Gill (7, 188, Raiders), running back Jacque Rob- all, has run the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds, round. Lynch was the 334th player Lynch's agent, Spokane attorney Bill told reporters in Iowa City, Iowa, "but inson (8, 197, Buffalo) and defensive back and Knox remarked, "That's plenty fast picked. Etter.

that's just a prediction. So I'm not really Fred Small (9, 241, Pittsburgh). for a guy who weighs 230 pounds." One other Cougar defensive tackle "I've been trying to contact some peodisappointed. I'm the Seahawks' No. 1 pick Washington State players chosen includ- Gill was picked almost seven hours after Milford Hodge went to New England ple in the business to find out what hap-and that makes me feel real good." ed defensive tackle Milford Hodge (8, 224, the 5 a.m.

PDT start of the draft. in the eighth round. pened. Two teams called him after the Knox made it clear he wanted Gill to New England) and offensive guard Dan Carl Jackson, Iowa's assistant coach in Lyunch's disappointment was replaced third round, expressing surprise that he supplement Curt Warner in the Seahawks' Lynch (12, 334, Denver). charge of running backs, said Gill might by hope this morning.

hadn't been picked and saying they were offensive backfield, not repLae him. New England had the option of taking have been overlooked because he played "Denver only picked one other offen- ready to take him in the fourth round." Warner, American Football Conference Seattle's third-round choice this year or its with a nagging ankle injury late in the sea, rushing champion as a rookie in 1983, second-round pick in 1986 as payment for son. Langston a hit El! upends -0, 4. with foes the Hounds o' -e At4t 4 1,17 Vgi 4 00 IP Associated Press By KEVIN TAYLOR 'A "4- tO. 4::1" 4 i Staff writer 0,3 41' i --7 4, Mark Langston is winning ball- 4 i f.

7 I- games without his fastball, and that If Ken Stacy didn't feel 10 feet to, of 1, means future trouble for his Ameri- i I tall late Tuesday afternoon, he to, -74'. can League opponents. certainly looked it 4,0, ir I oe- The East Valley baseball coach ori li Langston allowed eight hits four in seven innings, but was bobbing well off the ground ts and 1 to or o. 1 'e 4 41- t' still held the Milwaukee Brewers to V.4 1413 A after his Knights hoisted him to i ey1.0,1 1 just two runs as the Seattle Mar- their shoulders and carried him '44 mers defeated the Brewers 4-2 down the third base line, celebrat- Ill 1, i te A 4 ro Tuesday. ing a 4-1 Frontier League triumph 074, 0 "a A r'-' "I struggled I'll admit that or 0 it over Pullman.

-7 -k 4 4 r' said the Seattle left-hander. "But, Tough defense and a late-inning .,,7 .,,1 4 1 I it's a win and that's the real bottom rally pushed EV a game ahead of '4-r'''iti P', ''''4'4" 1 4 line. I still won." Pullman into first place in the ,,,,,41 fi Elsewhere in the American Frontier at 13-3 two games ''1' 't ''i'S' -A 7'' "I''' League, Baltimore bounced Chica- Or A i' Ph' iIx 0 i ierr, .0., 1 xn4 I fr 4, Co, I go 9-7, Kansas City clipped Cleve- N' A' land 5-1, Texas tripped New York Prep roundup v.t 7 4., 4 4,4 I ''t', 4, lel A 4: i 0, A. A. away from an undisputed 'title.

49 tir to I American Even should the Knights split with ,,,,,,,,,1 (V, el 4 41, tE e' I West Valley in their season-closing l'oet I X7 4 P4 ''4 tl 8-4, California beat Boston 3-2 in 15 Toronto upended Oakland 4-3 1,4 oo o. i .0.1 iii IA, 0 0 double-header Saturday and Pull- a A man (12-4) sweeps Clarkston, the ot 0 -w 4 t-t an 4' I-, i FL title would go to EV because it 4 A )5. if i 1,7 4 innings. has defeated Pullman twice. 1.000,,,I,,,,,,o11, A Ll i 0 1,,, i 41 VI- -4' IP' '4v so A- MARINERS 4, BREWERS 2: "This was a great win, a great 1 -4' ard' 4 4F i 41k6 1 11,,, 1,, Last year Langston was named win," said Stacy, who has guided sC) V' 0 4, 414, 01 Nst, Rookie Pitcher of the Year when he EV to the FL playoffs in each of 16, pt, ,,1 elk' ot, IN.

4 I. e'''''' tif, A 3 compiled a 17-10 record and lead it 1 1 ...4 A the American League with 204 his six years as coach. The reason the Knights were so 'tic: 4 1 1 0, strikeouts. giddy in victory, however, was be- .47,.., 4. ,4 14, 1 11 "I still don't have good control II with my fastball, which is making cause Stacy told the team Monday night that this would be his final 1, me use my slow stuff more," said season as coach.

1 Langston, who raised his record to "The kids said they'd let me go ,04. t. --4o, o. The big difference this season 3-2 this season. out in style (with a title), so I said f.

let's go out and prove it," Stacy 77 L- A strikeouts has been the number of strikeou said. to ,00 for Langston. He struck out three Elsewhere in the Frontier, Col- Brewers, giving him just 15 in 36 ville (11-5) rallied to clip Deer is, innings. In 1984 he had nearly one strikeout per inning, with 204 in 225 Park 4-3 and Cheney (3-13) nearly (.., innings. shut the door on 'West Valley's 'ItZtio 470 It' .1.

The 24-year-old southpaw sees playoff hopes with an 11-8 victory. EV 4, PULLMAN 1 his early season struggle as a posi- is the best-hitting ballclub in the f4' 44' 464' -4 tive development. "It's forcing me league, but pitching is 90 to go with my slow stuff so when I percent get my fastball back it should all of the game and we had the edge come together," he said. in that respect," Stacy said. Staff photo by DAN PELLE Robin Yount connected for a See PREPS page 2 Umpire Dave Stocker calls Ferris' Jeff Witruk out as Mead catcher Mike Alley stands ready in GSL play.

triple and scored on a Mark Brou hard single to give the Brewers a 1- 0 lead in the first. Laimbeer lambas' tes Bird but the deed lays a big egg for Detroit In the bottom of the first Alvin Bird, League illastkiesoefastohn's the Year, feirniaclalny connected for his first homer to tie Associated Press 1 Daly said. "He is very mentally tough. He Moses Malone scored 25 points and Julius the game. In his last five games When Detroit's Bill Laimbeer added injury NBA playoffs reads situations very well.

He is a very gift- Erving added 21 as the 76ers won on the road Davis has 10 hits in 22 at bats. ed player." for the second time in the series. "I haven't felt comfortable all on injury to Larry Bird, the Celtics' star Terry made sure it was the Pistons who were the 2-0 series leads and the Nuggets have a 1-0 LAKERS 134, BLAZERS 118: Los An- points Cummings had a game-high 41 year, including spring training, so I or the Bucks. had to start somewhere," said Day-most seriously wounded. edge on the Jazz.

geles, despite equaling its smallest victory Bird scored 30 of his playoff career-high On Thursday night, Boston is at Detroit, margin in five playoff games, left little NUGGETS 130, JAZZ 113: Dan Issel, is. His streak which has raised his 42 points in the second half Tuesday night, Los Angeles visits Portland and Utah travels doubt of the outcome in Game 2 against playing in his last NBA playoffs before re- average to .296. most of them after taking an accidental blow to Denver, while Milwaukee is at Philadel Portland. tirement, scored 14 of his 24 points in the The Brewers took a 2-1 lead in to the chin from Laimbeer late in the third phia on Friday. "We ran away with the game early, second quarter when Denver took control the third inning when Brouhard 0 quarter, as the Celtics beat the Pistons 121- Lakers Coach Riley said.

"That's been the against Utah. doubled and scored on a single by 114 for a 2-0 lead in their National Basket- CELTICS 121, PISTONS 114: Bird situation in all of our five playoff games thus The Nuggets, who missed their first eight Ted Simmons. ball Association playoff series. had only 12 points in the first half as Boston far. But it was the first game where the op- field-goal attempts, trailed 39-36 after one Seattle took the lead back with "Laimbeer is frustrated at the way he is took a 59-53 lead.

He added 11 before the position wasn't either tired or injured." quarter before outscoring the Jazz 37-27 in three runs in the fourth. Dave Hen- playing, he is not playing as well as he can," collision with Laimbeer with 1:17 left in the A 10-2 streak by the Blazers gave them the second period for a 73-66 lead at half- derson drew a walk off Brewer said Bird, who at halftime cast aside a pro- third quarter and Boston guarding a slim 83- some hope early in the second quarter as time. Denver was never challenged after starter Bob Gibson. Jim Presley tective bandage that covered his injured 80 lead. "The worst thing to do is get him upset," NBA Most Valuable Player, immediately hit Boston Coach KC.

Jones said of his super- another basket before the end of the period, les ahead 62-41. they trailed only 41-40. But Byron Scott scored 10 points in the next four minutes to spark a 21-1 scoring spree that put Los Ange- holding Utah to 23 points in the third quarter singled. Donnie Scott then hit a sin- I right elbow. Despite a bloodied chin, Bird, the 1983-84 for a commanding 17-point advantage.

Alex English tossed in 31 points for the gle to shallow left field. Young, a leftfielder who's nursing a bad Nuggets, Calvin Natt added 21 points and shoulder, tried to throw out Hen' star forward. then added 17 more in the fourth quarter to guard Lafayette Lever had a "triple double," derson at the plate, but his throw Iri other games, Philadelphia tripped help the Celtics keep the Pistons at bay. Bird 76ERS 112, BUCKS 108: Philadelphia scoring 19 points with 18 assists and 16 re- was 15 feet short. Catcher Charlie Milwaukee 112-108, Denver bombed Utah also had 10 rebounds in addition to his 42 held off a Milwaukee rally down the stretch bounds.

Moore, trying to get Presley at 130-113 and the Los Angeles Lakers bounced points, to edge closer to an Eastern Conference final Adrian Dantley had 28 points to lead the Portland 134-118. The 76ers and Lakers have "He is not mortal," Detroit Coach Chuck confrontation with the archrival Celtics. Jazz, and guard ickey Green tossed in 21. See AL page 3 In Mots leaves a little t. it of, hikiczelf ol 't the tracr: moul Mots is a fast healer who tonight launches his 21st to dreadin' it." "I didn't know the ribs were broken at the time," I WAS A FREAK accident, just something that year of riding with risk and aging legs but no 7 Success in his business Is the right agent lining up he said.

"At first they tried to say, 'According to happens in a day at the races, fear. the right horse from the right trainer. The man on your X-rays there ain't nothing wrong with Jockey Terry Motschenbacher "If your time's coming, it's coming," he shrugs. the mount can but doesn't always make a "I knew there was something wrong. I hurt too and a gentle mare were settling "You just have to try not to let It bother you.

Pain difference. damm bad." into the starting gate at Playfair. comes with the sport. Some riders get scared if they "Records show that maybe 30 percent of the After three days in the hospital failed to turn up a Nothing in the horse's history get hurt bad a time or two early. Sometimes it favorites win," Motschenbacher said.

"Some are reason for the pain, Mots was back at Playfair hinted at the violence that would doesn't bother 'em. When it starts bothering me I'll sore. Others get into trouble. That's one reason unable to lift his arm. shatter the silent moment that r-, I quit.

longshots come in. Maybe the horse doesn't belong in Yet he had six winners in a week. precedes every race, before 1,200 "When you ride scared you start making the race but one will blow the turn, pack the other I Then it was back to the x-ray table. pounds of racing animal is ir mistakes." ones out and you get through and win. released.

Mots' mount slipped, stumbled, t'o So Mots at 36 tucks fear into the saddlebags of his "Some horses run better for different riders. Some Sir, you have a broken shoulder blade. subconscious and rides with the enthusiasm of a 21- riders use the whip more. I don't like to use it any Feeling better, if for no other reason than the fell. year-old, more than I have to.

You can tell if they're putting assurance that the pain wasn't in his head, Mots out. If they are, there's no sense beating on 'ern. headed back to the track still hurting. "When they start to rare up you DAN THE STARTING GATE is hardly an object of fear "I rode the next week and it got worse," he said. can usually kick yourself out of the WEAVER gate because your feet are up and "A good hand-rider helps a horse more.

You can and loathing, yet the moments between loading and take the stick away from a rider like that and he'll "I went back again and they found I had broken five you're high in the stirrups." 1 Staff writer upper ribs that didn't show until they started healing unloading all that four-wheel drive can make or out-run a guy who beating hell out of a horse. That Motschenbacher was saying. "I've manotatantometwo break careers. guy is flip-flopping around. The stiller you stay the and calcium formed in the cracks and breaks." had a lot of them flip.

Usually you And legs. better because you don't throw him off-balance," That should have been familiar. Terry "When the horses are in the gate they're ready to Motschenbacher broke four ribs and punctured a get away, but if you get hung up the guys working Momounts won't sit still for laziness in himself or a break," Motschenbacher said. 'As soon as a horse lung in a spill the previous season. the gate will jerk you out." t.

hears the big clang a lot of times he thinks the gate That didn't alter the course of his career or his Not this time. "Some horses," he says, "you gotta beat on. Some The horse "just tipped over and I was upside opens. He charges into it and rears up at the same get a little sore and ain't puttin' out. You warp 'em a style.

down," he recalled. "I couldn't get away." time because he drives his head into that gate." Which is closed time or two and they'll put out a little more. Some He loves driving out of the pack and hates the All he could do was count the seconds while his are lazy and you do have to beat hell out of them to futility of losing a lead, legs bore the weight of a thrashing thoroughbred. Motschenbacher thinks horses are smart (and get 'em going." "I hate a horse that runs in the front end, hits the "When they get to fighting, trying to get up, they dumb, too, like people) but loves them either way. Still, a piece of pride goes into every ride.

strech and pukes," he says. "You're helpless. No can beat hell out of you," he has found out. "I started around a track when I was 13 and been EVEN WHEN IT HURTS. matter what you do, the (horse) stops and they all time the bones in his lower left leg were on my own since I was 16," he said.

"I'll probably be Motschenbacher broke five ribs and a shoulder run by." chipped and had to be surgically repaired after a race-track bum all my life. If it ever gets to where blade in an earlier spill last year. He missed maybe The goal? the season, I look at it as a job, I'll quit. It ain't worth it if I get a week. "Be one of 'em runnin' by." I 3 it' .4, 4 4 40,,.