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be gait ake ribunf Section Tuesday, December 6, 1983 Pagel I or Recorded Scores Sports Information Call Cali I For NFL Playoffs Raiders, Dallas Home Todays TV Radio Here is the list of sporting events scheduled to be aired Tuesday, according to local listings: 5:30 p.m. CHL Hockey, Salt Lake Golden Caoies at Indianapolis Checkers, KRGO-AM (1550), KLO-AM (1430). i p.m. NCAA Basketball, Mississippi at Memphis State, ESPN-Cable. 6:05 p.m.

NBA Basketball, Phoenix Suns at Atlanta Hawks, WTBS-Coble. 6:30 p.m. NCAA Basketball, Houston at LSU, USA-Cable. 7 p.m. NCAA Bosketball, Western Mlchloan at DePaul, WGN-Cable.

Pittsburgh beats the Jets, it is as- sured of a playoff berth at least as a wild-card team. i. If the Steelers and Browns finish tied at 9-7, Pittsburgh would the title based on a better division. record, 4-2 to the Clevelands 3-3. 1 If the Steelers and Browns finish tied at 10-6, the tie-breaker would bo the fifth step down best net points in division games since the i would have split their two and would have the same records the division (4-2), the conference -4) and against common opponents (10-6).

Going into the final two weeks of the season, the Steelers are plus, 43 in division net points while the1 Browns are minus 18. In the AFC West: Associated Press Laserphoto L.A. Rams running back Eric Dickerson kins Sunday. High-scoring Dickerson was is pulled down by Philadelphias Wes Hop- kept out of end zone in Eagles 13-9 win. Eagles Land Richter, Meet Indy Think By Bruce Lowitt Associated Press Writer The Los Angeles Raiders and Dallas Cowboys are one victory away from clinching the home-field advantage in the National League playoffs going into the final two weeks of the season.

The Raiders, 11-3, already have won the American Conferences West Division championship, leading Denver by three games with two to go. The Cowboys, 12-2, are tied with Washington atop the National Conference East heading into Sundays showdown with the visiting Redskins. Here, according to the NFL, are some of the other contenders playoff possibilities: In the AFC, with the Raiders and Miami having won their division titles, three postseason spots remain open the AFC Central title and both wild cards. Seven teams are in contention Pittsburgh (9-5) and Cleveland (8-6) in the Central Division, Denver (8-6) and Seattle (7-7) in the West and Buffalo (8-6), New England (7-7) and the New York Jets (7-7) in the East. The team that doesnt win the Central title still can win a wild card.

In the AFC Central Division: Pittsburgh can clinch the title if Cleveland loses to Houston next Sunday, regardless of what the Steelers do against the Jets next Saturday. If Jim Craig in favor of rookie Mike Sands midway through Sundays debacle against the Checkers after Craig gave up six goals in 38 minutes. But the Salt Lake coach indicated Monday that he will give Craig his 15th straight start against Indy Tuesday. I gave him (Craig) and most of the other guys today (Monday) off, said Parise, so he should be ready to go. Sands still isnt completely back in game shape after being injured for so long.

Sands made his first appearance in the nets Sunday after being sidelined since Oct. 26 with a pulled stomach muscle. of Week well as turning in an electric second-quarter stretch when he made four steals. Green finished his week with 13 points, nine assists and a good defensive job on Larry Drew (held nine points below his average) in the Jazzs victory over Kansas City. Green beat out two great scorers to win this weeks award Jazz teammate Adrian Dantley and Dallas Mark Aguirre.

Aguirre averaged 37.3 points in an all-winning week for the Jazz, while Dantley averaged 31.0 in the Jazzs four wins. Dantleys exceptional week for the Jazz included 56.9 percent shooting from the field (41-for-72), 93.3 percent from the foul line (42-for-45), and some remarkable scoring in the fourth quarter. In the final period of the Jazzs last three games, Dantley has scored 14, 13, and 14 points for an average of 13.7. The 6-5, 220-pound Richter returns to the Golden Eagles after playing the last 13 games with Minnesota and rejoins Salt Lake after scoring his first NHL goal Sunday night in a 6-4 North Stars loss at New York against the Rangers. Parise was also happy Monday that the Golden Eagles will enjoy an immediate opportunity to avenge their Sunday loss.

And Parise would like to see his forces, which dropped below .500 at 10-11-1 with the Sunday loss, prevent Indianapolis from claiming third place. The Checkers enter the Tuesday rematch just one point behind third-place Salt Lake at 10-14 and own a glossy 9-4 record at Fairgrounds Coliseum this season. So Parise knows securing a victory will be difficult. Its always nice to get right back at it two days later after you play poorly, said Parise. But Indianapolis plays a good game.

They do a lot of little things that are good. They play a typical New York Islander style of hockey. Theyll hold your stick a little and do the little things can make a difference. It will be a good challenge for us. Parise pulled starting goaltender Y.s Young, Hudson Highlight A.P.

Team By Herschel Nissenson Associated Press Writer NEW YORK Four players from the University of Texas and two each from Nebraska including Heisman Trophy-1 winner Mike Ro- 3 '4 I zier and Brigham Young University were jf5 named Monday to i I the 1983 Associat- px ed Press All-i: America college football team. The 24-man team, which con-Gordon Hudson gists of 19 seniors, four juniors and sophomore running back Bo Jackson of Auburn, also features quarterback Steve Young of Brigham Young, who led the nation in total offense with 4,346 yards and an NCAA record 395.1 yards per game. The Texas players are offensive guard Doug Dawson, along with three members of the nations No. 1-ranked defense linebacker Jeff Leiding, cornerback Mossy Cade and free safety Jerry Gray. Only once before since the AP All-American began in 1925 has a school placed as many as four players on the All-America team.

That was in 1945 when Army put five players on what was then an 11-man All-America team. Since the All-America squad has consisted of both offensive and defensive teams from 1950-52 and beginning again in 1964 only Oklahoma, with three defenders in 1975, and Michigan, with three members on offense in 1981, have placed three players on one unit. The AP All-America team will be featured Monday, Dec. 19, on Bob Hopes Christmas show on NBC-TV. Nebraskas representative besides Rozier is wide receiver Irving Fryar.

The other BYU player in addition to Young is tight end Hudson, one of four repeaters on the AP All-America team. The others who made the team for the second year in a row are offensive tackle Bill Fralic of Pittsburgh, outside linebacker Wilber Marshall of Florida and inside linebacker Ricky Hunley of Arizona. The juniors are Gray, Fralic, placekicker Luis Zendejas of Arizona State and middle guard William Perry of Clemson. The rest of the offense consists of wide receiver Gerald McNeil of Baylor, tackle Brian Blados of North Carolina, guard Terry Long of East Carolina and center Tom Dixon of Michigan. Others on defense are outside linebacker Ron Rivera of California, tackles Rick Bryan of Oklahoma and Reggie White of Tennessee, inside linebacker Carl Banks of Michigan State, deep back Russell Carter of Southern Methodist and punter Jack Weil of Wyoming.

Although no other Utah players were named to any of the first three teams, several local players did receive honorable mention. Five BYU players Rex Burningham, Casey Tiumalu, Todd Shell, Brandon Flint and Jon Young were listed as honorable mention. There were four Utah State players who received recognition David Kuresa, Hal Garner, Greg Kragen and Patrick Allen. Defensive end Jeff Reyes was the University of Utahs only player named as honorable mention All-America. Rozier, Bryan and Carter all moved up from the 1982 second team to this years first team, while Perry jumped from the third team to the first unit.

Penn State wide receiver Kenny Jackson made the second unit this year after being a first-teamer in 1982 and roverback Terry Hoage of Georgia, one of the nation top defensive players and a first-teamer a year ago, is on the 1983 honorable mention list. Hoage probably would have made the first team had he played enough but he missed three games entirely and a goodly portion of several other games. Young led the nation in passing efficiency, as well as total offense. The senior left-hander connected on 306 of 429 passes an NCAA record 71.33 completion percentage for 3,902 yards and 33 touchdowns, with only 10 interceptions. Rozier rushed for 2,148 yards only Southern Cals Marcus Allen with 2,342 in 1981 did better in one season and led the nation with aper-game average of 179.0, some 27.4 better than the runnerup.

Although he played only three seasons, he is the sixth leading rusher in major-college history with 4,780 yards. Only Herschel Walker, Georgia's three-time All-American, had more in a three-season career. Hudson caught 44 passes for 596 yards and six touchdowns before he suffered a season-ending knee injury against Utah State on Oct. 29. However, his 178 career receptions and 2,484 yards are NCAA records for a tight end.

Jazzs Green Player Denver will win a wild card if 1 wins its two remaining games, -against Baltimore and Kansas Broncos also can clinch a wild, card Sunday if they win and and Seattle lose. Seattle can be a wild-card team if it wins its two remaining games, against the Giants and New England -and if two of the following three teams Cleveland, Denver, Buffalo lose once. In the AFC East: Buffalo can win a wild card if it. wins its remaining two games against San Francisco and and the Steelers lose twice, or if the Bills win their remaining two and rj Denver or Cleveland lose once. The Patriots and Jets are mathe-n matically alive, but their are extraordinarily slim.

In the NFC East: If Dallas wins Sunday's game against Washington, it clinches the division title and, with the NFCs best record, the home field for all playoffs through the conference1 championship. If Washington wins, the Redskins also must beat the New York Giants on the final Sunday or Dallas must lose its Monday night finale in San for Washington to take the title and home-field edge since. the Cowboys hold the tie-breaker vantage in both division and ence records. St. Louis (6-7-1) is alive barely as a wild-card team.

In the NFC West: The Los Angeles Rams (8-6) can1 clinch a wild card with one victory1 in their remaining two games' against New England and New Or-' leans and a loss by Green Bay. San Francisco (8-6) needs only one victory in its final two games against Buffalo and Dallas to clinch a wild-card berth. Neither the 49ers nor the Rams. can clinch the division title next weekend. Special to The Tribune INDIANAPOLIS Salt Lake Golden Eagle Coach J.P.

Parise, trying to forget an embarrassing defensive performance that led to a 9-6 setback against two-time defending Adams Cup champion Indianapolis Sunday night, was back in good spirits Monday and anxious to prevent the Checkers from leap-frogging over the Eagles and into third place in the Central Hockey League. Despite yielding a season-high nine goals to Indianapolis Sunday, Parise was reasonably happy for two reasons on the eve of Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. (MST) rematch between the teams which have given the CHL its last four consecutive Adams Cup champions. First, Parise was in good spirits because the parent Minnesota North Stars sent Salt Lake a defensive transfusion Monday in the person of Dave Richter. Richter, who began the 1983-84 season as the Golden Eagles captain, was reassigned to Salt Lake to help alleviate a shortage of defensemen.

The Eagles were forced to play with only four blue-liners against Indy Sunday after defenseman Glenn Hicks sustained stretched ankle ligaments in a 5-4 overtime loss at Montana Saturday night. The word from the medical ward Monday was that Hicks would be sidelined for a week to 10 days. I told the guys that was the worst game weve played in a long time after the loss Sunday night, admitted Parise via telephone from Indianapolis Monday. There are a lot of excuses. We were tired.

We were playing our third game in three nights and we only had four defense-men. But those are excuses Im not going to use. We still should have plaved better hockey. Obviously, getting Richter back will help us on debflse. Jazz Players Go to Prison Just for a Visit By Lex Hemphill Tribune Sports Writer Rickey Green, the Jazzs mercurial point guard, was named the National Basketball Associations Player of the Week Monday.

Green was honored for his quarterback role in leading the Jazz to victories in all four of their games last week. He is the first Jazz player to be named NBA Player of the Week since John Drew won it last March. I was surprised, said Green after the Jazzs practice Monday at the Utah State Prison. I thought you had to score a lot of points to win that award. Well, Rickey didnt have that big a scoring week for the JazZ (13.3 points in the four games), and he didnt even have that good a shooting week.

He shot 45.8 percent for the four games, well below his sea minimum-security entrance. The players disembarked, walked through the entrance, and soon found themselves outside in the prison yard. Along one wall was a group of inmates, gathered around a small row of pay telephones, and, as the Jazz players walked past, the inmates greeted their guests with some light-hearted razzing. One man called out, Whos that bird? in obvious reference to Mark Eaton, the tallest of the tall, whose height always draws comment. The Jazz walked quietly toward the gym this was not the kind of whispered awe that might greet them at airports or hotels.

Once in the gym, the Jazz players took initial notice of their basketball environment the lighting, the slick and concrete-hard floor, the baskets. After all, they were at work, and theyve all been in strange gyms before. A prison official told them they could put their belongings in a side room, joking that they better if they wanted to be sure of leaving with them. The inmates gathered inside the gym, although a couple of them were more interested in continuing their weight-lifting in an adjoining roorf When the Jazz took the floor son shooting percentage of 51.2. But he did plenty of other things to help the Jazz go 4-0.

He averaged 9.5 assists and 4.8 steals for the week, and he now ranks second in the league in steals with 3.05 per game and fifth in assists with 9.1. Green began the week with a 13-assist game in Las Vegas to help the Jazz beat the Suns. He made two free throws with 19 seconds left to provide the clinching points. The next night, the Jazz beat the Clippers by two points in San Diego, and while Green had his least impressive numbers (eight points, seven assists), he made the clinching play of the game when he sank down and stole a pass inside to Bill Walton with four seconds left. On Friday night, the Jazz won in Phoenix by three points, and Green had 20 points and nine assists, as Lex Hemphill to begin practice, the mood seemed to change.

The court was their turf now, and the inmates wajehed with interest. Meanwhile, Holmes stood on the sidelines, watched, and chatted. He was a happy man on this day because his son, Byron Scott of the Lakers, had just made his first start the night before in Magic Johnsons place and had done well. Holmes recalled that the Globetrotters once visited the prison, but, other than that, he couldnt remember a team making an appearance there like the Jazz were doing. Holmes was saying he felt the visit was positive because, when the inmates get out, they often dont have the money to spend on a ticket to a Jazz game, and that this was a rare chance for them to see a professional basketball team.

Some dt the members of the pris On 3 day when professional baseball payers Willie Wilson and Jerry Martin entered federal prison in Fort Worth 11 Jazz playei en tered Utah State Prison Monday except they only had to tay a couple of hours. The lazz went to the prison Monday to stage a practice at mid afternoon for the minimu n-securi- Hemphill ty inmai es. It was one of two practices the Jazz have scheduled at the prison, the second one in January at the medium-security gym. Jazz Coach-General Manager Frank Lavden began thinking about having a practice at the prison last spring, ard he got it arranged with Allen Holmes, the former University of Utah basketball player who is employed at the State Prison as an Ethnic Minority Resource Specialist. The Jazz, who dressed and taped at the Salt Palace, bussed down from there and were met at the prison entrance by Holmes, who hopped on And guid the bus toward the ons basketball team were in attendance.

A man named Keith, who had attended Westminster College in the late 70s but had not played basketball for the school, seemed to be considered the best player among the inmates. Hes from Brooklyn and had gone to the same high school as Julius Erving did. He was not replaying lost dreams in his mind as he watched the Jazz practice; in fact, he said he didnt have the desire to pursue basketball when he was younger. Another inmate, an older one from Los Angeles who says hes still a Laker fan, commented on the Jazz visit: It means a great deal. It is something to see, something to do, something constructive.

Unfortunately, the practice wasn't going to be constructive, from a basketball angle, for the Jazz. The floor was just too slick, and several players were slipping during the drills. Layden, assistant coach Phil Johnson and trainer Don Sparks decided it would be too dangerous to scrimmage. And so the practice broke up, and Layden announced to the prisoners that (hey were free to come onto the floor to mept and mingle with the players. TRit broke down any boundaries and made the turf equal.

The inmates at first seemed reluc- tant to venture onto the floor, but they finally did, getting autographs from some players, conversing with 5 others. I was thrilled," said John Drew, who a year ago was in a drug reha- bilitation center, about the opportunity to come down to the prison. "Theyre human beings. Maybe they can look at me and know that, when they get out, they dont have to do the" same things that got them in here." They're just regular people," said Tom Boswell, who once spent 30 days in a county jail. Boswell, who said the inmates he talked to were following the Jazz games this year, said the players werent intimidated about being there.

But there was a true message: Just being in that environment 1 makes you not want to do wrong." After the Jazz players had left, Layden lingered a bit before depart- ing himself. On the way home, he talked about his teams visit and said, We talk about visiting hospi- tals and children and servicemen, but I think we forget about these guys (prison inmates). These ay' the loneliest people in the world.".